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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

Bela Lugosi

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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Actor Performance Stage
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Necessary Theory Window
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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Freak Reduce Stand
I never play without my cape.
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Capes never Play
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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Ambition Character Roles
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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Dead Glorious Dies
Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!
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Black Cat Cat
You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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Believe People Play
Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Done Roles Stage
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
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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Heart Mind People
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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heavy Language Speech
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Life People Thinking
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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Play Roles Years
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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Actors Giving Performance

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