I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor. -Conrad Veidt

 

I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor.


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I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor.

Conrad Veidt
269

When I was in a play in a theater, and all was going well on stage, I felt that the audience and I were somehow joined into one.

Conrad Veidt
269
It was like a physical impact, something vital and quick, happening to us both. And I knew, from that moment, that whatever happened between us, we might disagree, get on each other's nerves, quarrel, do each other harm, but we could never be indifferent. -Conrad Veidt
217

What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor.

Conrad Veidt
149

It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being.

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133
So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning. -Conrad Veidt
126

The right partner in a film is equal to half the audience!

Conrad Veidt
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