I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
BELA LUGOSII’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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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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Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.
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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 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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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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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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I never drink… wine.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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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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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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