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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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.

The stage is near and dear to me.

The stage is near and dear to me.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

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 never play without my cape.

I never play without my cape.

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...

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 enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure...

I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure...

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.

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

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 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...

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.

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...

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...