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Bela Lugosi

Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Done Roles Stage
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
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
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Art Degrees Years
The stage is near and dear to me.
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Dear Near Stage
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
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.
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Ghouls might Vampires
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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Career Law Philosophy
It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.
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Agony Blood Race
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
I never drink… wine.
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Drink never Wine
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
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Company Film Red
I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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Myself Tears Torture
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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Interesting Play Roles
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
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Bites Happen Irresistible Tomorrow
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

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