Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy. – Bela Lugosi
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. – Bela Lugosi
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants. – Bela Lugosi
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. – Bela Lugosi
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. – Bela Lugosi
I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person. – Bela Lugosi
If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers. – Bela Lugosi
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. – Bela Lugosi
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary. – Bela Lugosi
I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension. – Bela Lugosi
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree. – 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. – Bela Lugosi
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success. – Bela Lugosi
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. – Bela Lugosi