I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
BELA LUGOSIEvery producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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I never drink… wine.
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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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A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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I never play without my cape.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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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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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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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’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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