black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!

Bela Lugosi

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

Hard Roles Work Years
Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
BELA LUGOSI

Actor Mad Plumbers
I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.
BELA LUGOSI

Narcotics Twenty Year Years
In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.
BELA LUGOSI

Director Expression Moving
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

Heart Mind People
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
BELA LUGOSI

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

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

Play Roles Years
To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.
BELA LUGOSI

Take Winning Women
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties… they live like ants.
BELA LUGOSI

Life People Thinking
Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.
BELA LUGOSI

Actors Capitalist States
I never drink… wine.
BELA LUGOSI

Drink never Wine
The stage is near and dear to me.
BELA LUGOSI

Dear Near Stage
To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
BELA LUGOSI

Challenges Compelling Offer
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
BELA LUGOSI

Necessary Theory Window
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
BELA LUGOSI

Company Film Red

Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Supernatural perhaps…baloney, perhaps not!

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bela Lugosi Quotes