Sybil Thorndike
I was brought up in a clergyman's household so I am a first-class liar.Collection: Liars
We don't want bores in the theatre. We don't want standardised acting, standard actors with standard-shaped legs. Acting needs everybody, cripples, dwarfs and people with noses so long. Give us something that is different.Collection: Long
I think we all have the germ of every other person inside of us.Collection: Thinking
[When asked if she had ever considered divorcing Sir Lewis Casson:] Divorce? Never. But murder often!Collection: Divorce
It's only people who are hysterical who can play hysterical parts.Collection: Play
I want Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D played at my funeral. If it isn't I shall jolly well want to know why.Collection: Funeral