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
people serious seriousness
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
tears torture
I will not be tortured, I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
irresistible bites
The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.
thinking emotion humans
I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.
freak
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.
years actors pleasure
I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
america decision acting
In Hungary, acting is a profession. In America, it is a decision.
moving expression actors
In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.
philosophy law careers
In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
people hell cures
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.
acting enthusiasm martyrdom
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
roles done stage
Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
believe play people
You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.