I was brought up in a clergyman's household so I am a first-class liar.
Sybil Thorndike
2.
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.
Sybil Thorndike
3.
I think we all have the germ of every other person inside of us.
Sybil Thorndike
4.
[When asked if she had ever considered divorcing Sir Lewis Casson:] Divorce? Never. But murder often!
Sybil Thorndike
5.
It's only people who are hysterical who can play hysterical parts.