Sybil Thorndike Quotes

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

  Sybil Thorndike

  Liars, Class, Firsts

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• 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

  Long, People, Giving

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• I think we all have the germ of every other person inside of us.

  Sybil Thorndike

  Thinking, Germs, Persons

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

  Sybil Thorndike

  Divorce, Murder, Ifs

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• It's only people who are hysterical who can play hysterical parts.

  Sybil Thorndike

  Play, People, Hysterical

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• 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

  Funeral, Want, Wells

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