Bela Lugosi Quotes


Women have a predestination to suffering. Bela Lugosi Women 104
It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more. Bela Lugosi Women 86
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. Bela Lugosi Acting 82
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 76
It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing. Bela Lugosi Women 74
My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 73
Death, the final, triumphant lover. Bela Lugosi Death 71
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success. Bela Lugosi Change 68
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 66
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary. Bela Lugosi Making 63
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree. Bela Lugosi Art 61
If you are not serious, people will sense it. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 61
If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers. Bela Lugosi Imagination 58
I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension. Bela Lugosi Food 50
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 46
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 46
I never play without my cape. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 42
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 40
There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 40
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 38
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 37
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible. Bela Lugosi Love 37
I will perfect my own race of people a race of atomic supermen which will conquer the world Bela Lugosi Science fiction 34
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom. Bela Lugosi Work 34
Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 33
In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 33
My close-up was magnificent! Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 32
I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo? Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 31
The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 31
I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 30
A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage. Bela Lugosi Knowledge 30
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge. Bela Lugosi Challenge 29
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 28
In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 26
The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 25
The stage is near and dear to me. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 23
The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula. Bela Lugosi Uncategorized 22

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