Lynn Fontanne

“I'd much rather be a star than a star-maker.”

“The most important thing in the theater is to make the audience feel something.”

“What you need is a good, strong dose of Turgenev.”

“I think the actor has the right to be recognized for their work. I'm not a public personality. I'm an actress.”

“We can be bought, but we can't be bored.”

“Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own.”

“The theater is a great equalizer. It is the only place where you can lose your troubles for a couple of hours.”

“Never, never, never let an audience know you're tired.”

“Our private lives are our own. We have a right to them, and we have a right to our privacy.”

“It is so much more fun to be the wicked woman. The good woman is so boring.”