In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies.

- Conrad Veidt

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 …

- Conrad Veidt

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

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented me from being perfectly ha…

- Conrad Veidt

Looking back across the years, so many pictures flash on the screen of my memory that just as I begin to see one clearly, another slides in, blotting…

- Conrad Veidt

After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and how proud she was of her son C…

- Conrad Veidt

Have you ever walked late at night through a forest when you are first in love?

- Conrad Veidt

It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work …

- Conrad Veidt

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

- Conrad Veidt