A biography for Bela Lugosihasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.”
“There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.”
“The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.”
“I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.”
“Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.”
“To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.”
“Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.”