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

Quote by Bela Lugosi

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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.

Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.

The stage is near and dear to me.

The stage is near and dear to me.

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental...

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental...

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...

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...

My close-up was magnificent!

My close-up was magnificent!

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a...

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a...

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've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

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

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

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

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'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.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

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.

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...

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 screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

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