Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
BELA LUGOSII’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
More Bela Lugosi Quotes
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I never play without my cape.
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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 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 portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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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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When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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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 former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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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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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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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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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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