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It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.

Bela Lugosi

I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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Actor Pleasure Years
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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Cry Horror Over
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
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Necessary Theory Window
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Challenges Compelling Offer
I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
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Age Dependent Dimes
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Done Roles Stage
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
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
The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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Ignorance Lying Mean
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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Interesting Play Roles
I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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Important Paycheck Truthful

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