I was in such need to become somebody. I grew up in this little town in Austria, and it was after the Second World War. It was miserable. There was starvation. People were angry because they just lost the war. And there was frustration, alcoholism, all of those things. It was a tough life. And so I was determined. 'I’m gonna get out of here, no matter what it takes.'

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