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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

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BELA LUGOSI Plan Nine from Outer Space.
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BELA LUGOSI You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
BELA LUGOSI It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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