The stage is near and dear to me.

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.

I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.

It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.

My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.