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

Quote by Bela Lugosi

Topics: Bela Lugosi Quotes

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

Women have a predestination to suffering.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

The stage is near and dear to me.

The stage is near and dear to me.

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a...

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a...

My close-up was magnificent!

My close-up was magnificent!

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

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

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.

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.

To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.

To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.

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...

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 don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and...

I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and...

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become...

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become...

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental...

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental...

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.

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...