Chick Young: Professor, do you understand women?
Prof. Stevens: I don't even try. I'm gonna get me a drink.
Dr. Sandra Mornay: That girl, who is he?
Wilbur Grey: Um, hmm... hmm... uh... sh... she's chick's date. She's going to the masquerade with us.
Dr. Sandra Mornay: But I told you to come alone. I'll have to get rid of her.
Wilbur Grey: I'll have to get rid of somebody.
Chick Young: I know there's no such person as Dracula. You know there's no such person as Dracula.
Wilbur Grey: But does Dracula know it?
McDougal: My name's McDougal, now where are my shipments?
Wilbur Grey: McDougal? I just got off the phone with you in London, how'd you get here so fast, did you shoot out of a cannon?
Dr. Lejos/Dracula: Nervous, my dear?
Dr. Sandra Mornay: This is risky business.
Wilbur: You can have Sandra but make sure you get plenty of bandages.
Answer: He's a rather simple-minded guy. He was scared and had become so overly-immersed in pretending to be hypnotized that it took time for him to act normally. Also, it's a movie. They're going for comic effect.
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