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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.

Bela Lugosi

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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Believe People Personality
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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Bed Heart Hot Sheets
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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Actors Giving Performance
It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.
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Agony Blood Race
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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Finals Lovers Triumphant
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Art Degrees Years
It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn’t know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.
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Hell People Umpires
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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Actor Mad Plumbers
Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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Amusement Hollywood Type
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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Ghouls might Vampires
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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Narcotics Twenty Year Years

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