I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
BELA LUGOSIBecause of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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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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Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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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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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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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 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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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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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 guess I’m pretty much of a lone wolf. I don’t say I don’t like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.
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Women have a predestination to suffering.
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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I never drink… wine.
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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