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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."
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"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."
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"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."
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"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."
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"Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting."
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"You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek."
People

"Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman."
Actor

"I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree."
Years

"I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession."
Work

"There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me."
Actor

"Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life."
Life

"Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy."
Language

"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."
Love

"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."
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