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Bela Lugosi quotes: You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.

You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.

Bela Lugosi quotes: Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.

Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.

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 quotes: In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.

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 quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

Bela Lugosi quotes: If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.

Bela Lugosi quotes: Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Bela Lugosi quotes: I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.

I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.

Bela Lugosi quotes: Women have a predestination to suffering.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

Bela Lugosi quotes: Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed. Bela Lugosi.

Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed. Bela Lugosi.

Bela Lugosi quotes: I will not be tortured, I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!

I will not be tortured, I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!

Bela Lugosi quotes: I'll take any story if it's good.

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

Bela Lugosi quotes: I never play without my cape.

I never play without my cape.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The stage is near and dear to me.

The stage is near and dear to me.

Bela Lugosi quotes: There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

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

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

Bela Lugosi quotes: The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.

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

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.

Bela Lugosi quotes: I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?

Bela Lugosi quotes: The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

Bela Lugosi quotes: Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.

Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

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

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

Bela Lugosi quotes: That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.

That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

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 quotes: When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.

When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.

Bela Lugosi quotes: I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.

I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.

Bela Lugosi quotes: This is the most uncomfortable coffin I've ever been in. You are wasting my time.

This is the most uncomfortable coffin I've ever been in. You are wasting my time.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: I never drink... wine.

I never drink... wine.

Bela Lugosi quotes: I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.

I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.

Bela Lugosi quotes: I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

Bela Lugosi quotes: The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.

The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.

Bela Lugosi quotes: In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

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

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: My close-up was magnificent!

My close-up was magnificent!

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.

Bela Lugosi quotes: 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.

Bela Lugosi quotes: Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

Bela Lugosi quotes: To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Bela Lugosi quotes: To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.

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