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

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.

A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.

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.

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.

The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd.

Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.

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

After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

I would rather burn out than rust out.

No, no - I think about thinking

Public problems collapse into the limited and depoliticized register of private issues.

The outside world is what kept Buffy and Angel from being together.

A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven.

The men can have a moral compass that is just unshakeable, they can have ethics that run to the core.

I don't really say too much to my parents. If they ask me to do something I just do it and get it out of the way.

I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.

When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.