"The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors."

"The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique."

"There's something Vichy about the French."

"Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having."

"We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage."

"When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered."

"Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people."

"Love-making is an art which must be studied."

"It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true."

"I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer."