Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
BELA LUGOSIThe love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
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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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It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.
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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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My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.
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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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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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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 will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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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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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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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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