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
tears torture
I will not be tortured, I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!
black-cat baloney
Supernatural perhaps...baloney, perhaps not!
amusement hollywood type
Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed. Bela Lugosi.
red film company
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
speech language pantomime
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
stories ifs
I'll take any story if it's good.
play interesting earth
I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
art years budapest
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
acting enthusiasm martyrdom
Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
actors stage performances
A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
believe play people
You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
freak
Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.
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.