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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

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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Career Law Philosophy
If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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Betrayed Enemy Imagination
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Done Roles Stage
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
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
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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Ghouls might Vampires
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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Dead Glorious Dies
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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Actors Capitalist States
I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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Important Paycheck Truthful
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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Different Evil Thinking
I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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Myself Tears Torture
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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Any Good Stories Take
I guess I’m pretty much of a lone wolf. I don’t say I don’t like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.
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Heart Mind People
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving

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