Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.
Noel CowardPeople are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.
Noel CowardWhat I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.
Noel CowardHere ends the story of a ship, but there will always be other ships, for we are an island race. Through all our centuries, the sea has ruled our destiny. There will always be other ships and men to sail in them. It is these men, in peace or war, to whom we owe so much. Above all victories, beyond all loss, in spite of changing values in a changing world, they give to us, their countrymen, eternal and indomitable pride.
Noel Coward