To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Quote by Bela Lugosi

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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.

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...

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 screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

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

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

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.

The stage is near and dear to me.

The stage is near and dear to me.

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'll take any story if it's good.

I'll take any story if it's good.

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.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

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...

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become...

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become...

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...