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Bela Lugosi

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In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.


— Bela Lugosi


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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.


— Bela Lugosi


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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.


— Bela Lugosi


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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.


— Bela Lugosi


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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.


— Bela Lugosi


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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.


— Bela Lugosi


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My close-up was magnificent!


— Bela Lugosi


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Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.


— Bela Lugosi


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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.


— Bela Lugosi


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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.


— Bela Lugosi


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Regardless of controversy five films at Universal — The Black Cat The Raven The Invisible Ray Son of Frankenstein Black Friday (plus minor cameo performances in 1934's Gift of Gab) and two at RKO Pictures You'll Find Out and The Body Snatcher — paired Lugosi with Boris Karloff. Moving to Budapest in 1911 he played dozens of roles with the National Theatre of Hungary in the period 1913–1919. Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) better known as Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian actor who is best known for playing the character Dracula in the 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films.

Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) better known as Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian actor who is best known for playing the character Dracula in the 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films. Only in The Raven (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939) did he perform major roles again although even in The Raven Karloff received top billing despite Lugosi performing the lead role. This drug dependence was noted by producers and the offers dwindled down to a few parts in Ed Wood's low-budget movies.

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