- [on Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)] It became evident that we had a subject with most agreeable possibilities. What were the possibilities that thus presented themselves? Firstly, that of making a film not noticeably similar to any previously made in the English language. Secondly, that of using the English language, which I love, in a more varied, and, to me, more interesting way than I had previously had the chance of doing in a film. Thirdly, that of making a picture which paid no regard whatever to established, though not practiced, moral convention.
- People think they have some right to be happy and are doubly unhappy when they are not.
- I've a theory I was born several hundred drinks under par, so I'm always catching up.
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