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
Bela Lugosi quotes about
art years budapest
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
years play roles
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
years actors pleasure
I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.
years narcotics
I've been using narcotics for 20 years.
stage dear
The stage is near and dear to me.
imagination enemy betrayed
If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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.
mirrors looks be-you
I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
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.
vampire roles fever
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.
black-cat baloney
Supernatural perhaps...baloney, perhaps not!