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I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.

Bela Lugosi

In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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heavy Language Speech
The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula.
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Fever Role Vampire
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Done Roles Stage
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
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Play Roles Years
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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Bites Happen Irresistible Tomorrow
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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Actor Performance Stage
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Necessary Theory Window
Every actor’s greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula.
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Ambition Character Roles
The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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Ignorance Lying Mean
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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Character Ghouls Romantic Love
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
I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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Myself Tears Torture
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness

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