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.

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 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...

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Women have a predestination to suffering.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

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.

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'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.

My close-up was magnificent!

My close-up was magnificent!

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

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

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...

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...

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've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.