Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
- Bela Lugosi
Language, Heavy, Which, Accompany
Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
- Bela Lugosi
Mad, Actor, Plumber, Salesman
I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
- Bela Lugosi
Friends, Small, Am, Pension
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Love, Over, Over It, Nourished
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Horror, Very, Bloodstream, Biological
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Bed, Away, Joint, Sheets
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
- Bela Lugosi
Death, Lover, Final, Triumphant
In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
- Bela Lugosi
Law, Career, Which, Earnestly
I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
- Bela Lugosi
Important, Most, Truthful
Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
- Bela Lugosi
Done, Stage, Roles, Partial
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
- Bela Lugosi
Portray, Offers, Compelling, Maniac
In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.
- Bela Lugosi
Decision, Acting, Profession, Hungary
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
- Bela Lugosi
Small, Before, Took, Attained
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
- Bela Lugosi
Capitalist, Exploited, Were, Managers
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
- Bela Lugosi
Always, Making, Necessary, Open
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Role, Took, Actual, Attributes
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Will, Actor, Screen, One Time
I never play without my cape.
- Bela Lugosi
Play, Never, Without, Cape
There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
- Bela Lugosi
Play, Could, Continental, Suggested
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
- Bela Lugosi
Beginning, You, Will, Irresistible
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
- Bela Lugosi
Romantic, Characters, Usual, Vampire
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.
- Bela Lugosi
Never, Happen, Personally, Vampire
If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
- Bela Lugosi
Me, Birth, Betrayed, Accent
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Thoroughly, Settled, Dracula, Thousand Times
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.
- Bela Lugosi
Freak, Movie, Parts, Status
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
- Bela Lugosi
Play, Other, Took, Producers
The stage is near and dear to me.
- Bela Lugosi
Me, Stage, Dear, Near
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Deep, Tell, Lone, Hearts
You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
- Bela Lugosi
Play, Tongue, Horror, Cheek
The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
- Bela Lugosi
Ruling Class, Means, Ruling, Former
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
- Bela Lugosi
Enthusiasm, Acting, Price, Martyrdom
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.
- Bela Lugosi
Go, Through, About, Helped
My close-up was magnificent!
- Bela Lugosi
Magnificent, Close-Up
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
- Bela Lugosi
Degree, Theatrical, Studied, Four
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.
- Bela Lugosi
Think, Ants, Monotony, Certainties
I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
- Bela Lugosi
Play, Person, Like, Down-To-Earth
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
- Bela Lugosi
Him, Depends, Wholly, Manner
I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.
- Bela Lugosi
Think, I Think, Known, Emotion
Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
- Bela Lugosi
Made, Which, Theatrical, Circumstances
I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
- Bela Lugosi
Myself, Mirror, Once, Romeo
The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.
- Bela Lugosi
Thinking, Everything, Even, Screen
Women have a predestination to suffering.
- Bela Lugosi
Women, Suffering, Predestination
I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
- Bela Lugosi
Work, Been, Profession, Pleasure
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
- Bela Lugosi
Woman, See, Take, Dracula
In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.
- Bela Lugosi
Actor, Controls, Move, Studio
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
- Bela Lugosi
Me, Always, Same, Red
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