Every blessed one of you feels better for that burst of laughter.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.