Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, better known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian-American actor, famous for portraying Count Dracula in the original 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 October 1882
CityLugoj, Romania
CountryAustria
thinking people ants
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.
ambition character roles
Every actor's greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula.
blood agony race
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.
winning
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
mad actors plumber
Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
ghouls vampire might
I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.
age dimes my-friends
I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.
hard-work years small-roles
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
important truthful paychecks
I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
horror cry over-it
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.
window theory ifs
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
suffering predestination
Women have a predestination to suffering.
school play ghouls
There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
heart people mind
I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.