Noel Coward
Noel Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Cowardwas an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth16 December 1899
thinking years play
It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad matinee in Hull - it will teach you much more than a year of careful instruction. Come to think of it, I never did play to a good matinee in Hull . . .
years perfect acting
Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow God to go on first. I can also remember that on that particular occasion He gave a singularly uninspired performance.
loyalty years careers
Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.
known
I've over-educated myself in all the things I shouldn't have known at all
pleasure rather sand
There's sand in the porridge and sand in the bed, / And if this is pleasure we'd rather be dead.
audience love mind somebody work
Put somebody you love in the audience in your mind and work for them,
appearing convinced looking television time
Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at
began believe life since talent
I believe that since my life began / The most I've had is just / A talent to amuse.
bump learn lines
Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.
issue personal
We're Regency Rakes / And each of us makes / A personal issue / Of adipose tissue.
dance leave tomorrow
Dance, dance, dance little lady, / Leave tomorrow behind.
cafe society
It was not Cafe Society, it was Nescafe Society.
careful grill mixed
Sunburn is very becoming, but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill
bad bristol clear crystal democracy despair forward save
There are bad times just around the corner,/ We can all look forward to despair, / It's as clear as crystal / From Bridlington to Bristol / That we can't save democracy / And we don't much care.