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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.

Bela Lugosi

Open

Theories

In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.

Bela Lugosi

Actor

Expression

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.

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.

It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

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.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Bela Lugosi

Enthusiasm

Acting

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.

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.

Bela Lugosi