“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.”

I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.

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.

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?

I’ll take any story if it’s good.

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.

I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!

I never drink… wine.

To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.

I never play without my cape.

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.

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

Every actor’s greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula.

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

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

You need to perform consistently, and if you’re raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.

You need to perform consistently, and if you’re raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.

The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.

I want a life free of shame and unforgiveness. I want a life that is not dictated by my performance but by my identity.

God’s love for you isn’t based on your performance, its based on your identity.

When you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you’re living a less performed life.

I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance.

To be successful you don’t need beautiful face and heroic body, what you need is skillful mind and ability to perform.