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.
BELA LUGOSICircumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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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’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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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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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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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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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
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I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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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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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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