Best 5 quotes of Sybil Thorndike on MyQuotes

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

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

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.

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

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.