At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.

I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.

Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.

It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad matinée in Hull, it will teach you much more than a year of careful instruction.

Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.

Television is for appearing on, not looking at.

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.