MARGARET RUTHERFORD

You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has been very near to tragedy.

Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors.

I hope I'm an individual. I suppose an eccentric is a super individual.

Perhaps an eccentric is just off centre - ex-centric. But that contradicts a belief of mine that we've got to be centrifugal.

I hope I'm an individual. I suppose an eccentric is a super individual.

Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors.

You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has been very near to tragedy.

Perhaps an eccentric is just off centre - ex-centric. But that contradicts a belief of mine that we've got to be centrifugal.