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

Quote by Bela Lugosi

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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.

Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.

My close-up was magnificent!

My close-up was magnificent!

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one...

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one...

I never play without my cape.

I never play without my cape.

I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.

I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at...

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at...

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.

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

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

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...

I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.

I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your...

You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your...

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...

It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by...

It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by...

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

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

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

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 studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with...

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

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.

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.