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

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

A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.

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

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.

There's something Vichy about the French.