I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.

Quote by Bela Lugosi

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

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.

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...

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...

The stage is near and dear to me.

The stage is near and dear to me.

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

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

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...