Bela Lugosi

Found 14 thoughts of Bela Lugosi

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

Bela Lugosi

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

Bela Lugosi

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

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

Bela Lugosi

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

Bela Lugosi

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

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

Bela Lugosi

I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.

Bela Lugosi

I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.

Bela Lugosi

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

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

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

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

Bela Lugosi

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