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
stories ifs
I'll take any story if it's good.
america decision acting
In Hungary, acting is a profession. In America, it is a decision.
challenges offers compelling
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
finals lovers triumphant
Death, the final, triumphant lover.
people serious seriousness
If you are not serious, people will sense it.
acting enthusiasm martyrdom
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
giving actors performances
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
actors states capitalist
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
thinking evil different
That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.
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 hot body
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.
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.