In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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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I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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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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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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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 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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It 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.
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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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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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