It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
BELA LUGOSII have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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I never play without my cape.
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.
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You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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