Quotes by Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Hungarian-American actor

Lived from: 1882 - 1956

Category: Movie

Born: 20 october 1882 Died: 16 august 1956

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  • 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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  • Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
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  • Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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  • Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
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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'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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  • I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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  • If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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  • 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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  • In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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  • In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.
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  • 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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  • It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.
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  • 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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  • It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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  • People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.
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  • The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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