A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.
- Ivor Novello Quote

A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.
- Ivor Novello Quote

After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films.
- Ivor Novello Quote

Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.
- Ivor Novello Quote

British girls are as temperamental as Americans.
- Ivor Novello Quote

I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.
- Ivor Novello Quote

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.
- Ivor Novello Quote

Love-making is an art which must be studied.
- Ivor Novello Quote

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.
- Ivor Novello Quote

The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is.
- Ivor Novello Quote

The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd.
- Ivor Novello Quote

The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.
- Ivor Novello Quote

The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.
- Ivor Novello Quote

There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.
- Ivor Novello Quote

There's something Vichy about the French.
- Ivor Novello Quote

We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.
- Ivor Novello Quote

When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.
- Ivor Novello Quote

You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.
- Ivor Novello Quote