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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Bela Lugosi

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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Stage Technique Thousand
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
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People Serious Seriousness
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
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 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
Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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Believe People Personality
I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
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Actor Pleasure Years
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
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Take Winning Women
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Necessary Theory Window
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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Character Ghouls Romantic Love
The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula.
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Fever Role Vampire
There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
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Ghouls Play School
I’ll take any story if it’s good.
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Any Good Stories Take
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
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Life People Thinking
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
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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Hard Roles Work Years

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