I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.

Quote by Bela Lugosi

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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 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...

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 never play without my cape.

I never play without my cape.

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've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

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.

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

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

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

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...

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...

The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.

The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.

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 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...

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...

Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I...

Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I...

My close-up was magnificent!

My close-up was magnificent!

My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart...

My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart...

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

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

The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various...

The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various...