Quotes

I've been number two in films for donkey's years.

Noël Coward did do some directing and co-directing. It's just not a polite enough profession to suit him, though.

All my performances are good enough to be seen; I'm not ashamed of anything I've done.

Good God, some of the new young actors say they don't know whether they wanted to be actors or not! I cannot understand this. To me, it is like saying you can't make up your mind whether or not you love a certain woman. If you don't then take a walk. In acting, as in love, there is no place for indifference.

[on Sophia Loren] That's a real working woman. Not like those teenage tots who think once they've been in a picture, they're too important to be gracious enough to their colleagues by being on time.

[on director Carol Reed] Carol doesn't only make films, he lives, breathes, eats and drinks them.

[on Celia Johnson] Celia Johnson was the best actress I've ever worked with. Beneath Celia's Women's Institute gentility there was a most lovable woman and a real trooper.

(On Ryan's Daughter (1970)) Three hours was rather long for a trifling love story.

[on Marlon Brando, 1962] The man is unprofessional and absolutely ridiculous.

We're all Miss Piggies, puppets, the greasy mechanics of the business who get seen by the public. But it can still be fun and I like the hard work. The one thing that terrifies me is boredom.