What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor. Conrad Veidt actorbiographymovie Change image and share on social
I wish, naturally to prevent the possibility that someone may write an accidental, superficial, incomplete and perhaps untrue picture of me. Conrad Veidt accidentalincompletenaturally Change image and share on social
For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning. Conrad Veidt achievecompetitionfight Change image and share on social
Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough. Conrad Veidt expectationhearhollywood Change image and share on social
I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain. Conrad Veidt actbeginbizarre share on social
My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son. Conrad Veidt amountbirthbrother share on social
I turned down the first script offered to me, and the second. I lay on my back one day under an umbrella, in the garden, reading the third, and wondered why I had turned down the first. Conrad Veidt backdaygarden Change image and share on social
Have you ever walked late at night through a forest when you are first in love? Conrad Veidt forestlatelove Change image and share on social
No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye. Conrad Veidt beareyemonocle Change image and share on social
I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them. Conrad Veidt artdebtforget Change image and share on social