The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.

Paris is the playwright's delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor's city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

Husbands should revolt from time to time. Even the best circus-number becomes boring if the beast is too tame.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Cinema as a means of expression fascinates me.