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

Quote by Bela Lugosi

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I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.

I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I...

It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I...

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in...

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in...

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

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

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out...

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out...

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

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

When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is...

When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is...

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played...

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played...

I never play without my cape.

I never play without my cape.

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

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

People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.

People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.

The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.

Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.

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

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

It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of...

It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of...

I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like...

I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like...

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but...

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but...

The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so...

The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so...