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.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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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.
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I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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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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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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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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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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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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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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I never drink… wine.
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