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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.

Conrad Veidt

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Conrad Veidt
Age: 50 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 22
Died: 1943
Died: April 3
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Berlin
Germany
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt
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