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Bela Lugosi

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

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

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"You perform as well as you believe yourself capable of performing. You are as effective as you believe yourself to be in whatever you do. You can never be better or different on the outside than you believe yourself to be on the inside."

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"I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine."

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"My friends joke that I'm dead until I get onstage. I'm dead right now as you're speaking to me."

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"I like the energy of live performance."

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