Sybil Thorndike Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 6 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Sybil Thorndike.
Famous Quotes By Sybil Thorndike

We don't want bores in the theatre. We don't want standardised acting, standard actors with standard-shaped legs. Acting needs everybody, cripples, dwarfs and people with noses so long. Give us something that is different. — Sybil Thorndike

I was brought up in a clergyman's household so I am a first-class liar. — Sybil Thorndike

It's only people who are hysterical who can play hysterical parts. — Sybil Thorndike

[When asked if she had ever considered divorcing Sir Lewis Casson:] Divorce? Never. But murder often! — Sybil Thorndike

I want Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D played at my funeral. If it isn't I shall jolly well want to know why. — Sybil Thorndike