Top 6 Sybil Thorndike Quotes

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

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike Quotes #481741
#2. It's only people who are hysterical who can play hysterical parts.

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike Quotes #669681
#3. I was brought up in a clergyman's household so I am a first-class liar.

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike Quotes #960225
#4. 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

Sybil Thorndike Quotes #963087
#5. 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

Sybil Thorndike Quotes #1660700
#6. I think we all have the germ of every other person inside of us.

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike Quotes #1852535

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Scroll to Top