I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
BELA LUGOSIIt 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.
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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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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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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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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There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
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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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I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed.
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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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I never drink… wine.
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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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