“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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I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.
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I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.
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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.
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