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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

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
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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Acting Enthusiasm Martyrdom
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Art Degrees Years
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.
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Freak Reduce Stand
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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Actors Capitalist States
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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Finals Lovers Triumphant
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Necessary Theory Window
I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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Be You Looks Mirrors
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
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Director Expression Moving
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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Interesting Play Roles
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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Age Dependent Dimes
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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Bed Heart Hot Sheets
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn’t know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.
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Hell People Umpires
Women have a predestination to suffering.
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Predestination Suffering Women
Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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Actor Mad Plumbers

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