There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
BELA LUGOSIThe love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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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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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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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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To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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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 die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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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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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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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 vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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I never play without my cape.
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