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

Topics: Bela Lugosi Quotes

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had...

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had...

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...

Women have a predestination to suffering.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

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...

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

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

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...

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

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...

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 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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...