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I'll take any story if it's good.

Bela Lugosi

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Bela Lugosi
Age: 73 †
Born: 1882
Born: October 20
Died: 1956
Died: August 16
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
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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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In Hungary, acting is a profession. In America, it is a decision.
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That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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I never play without my cape.
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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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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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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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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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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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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.
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I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.
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I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
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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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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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I've been using narcotics for 20 years.
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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
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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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