Bela Lugosi

Actor

1882-10-20 – 1956-08-16

Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-American actor best known for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula. He became one of classic cinema's defining horror stars through his stage and screen performances.

Quotes by Bela Lugosi

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.
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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.
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It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
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In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.
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Death, the final, triumphant lover.
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.
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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.
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I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.
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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.
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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.
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