A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you are keeping.

The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society.

The vengeful hag is played by Ingrid Bergman, which is like casting Eleanor Roosevelt as Lizzie Borden.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist.

The unique thing about Margaret Rutherford is that she can act with her chin alone. Among its many moods I especially cherish the chin commanding, the chin in doubt, and the chin at bay.