Alan Bennett Quotes

Papers like the Mail make out that people are prurient and outraged; I don't think people really care. - Alan Bennett

No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off. - Alan Bennett

My films are about embarrassment. - Alan Bennett

Life is rather like a tin of sardines, we're all of us looking for the key. - Alan Bennett

Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key. - Alan Bennett

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere. - Alan Bennett

Last year we were more of a running team. This year we're more versatile. - Alan Bennett

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none. - Alan Bennett

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control. - Alan Bennett

If you told it the other way round in a film, it would seem like a tract... The message would be too much in the foreground. It's human stories, those are the ones you're interested in. So the argument, as it were, is submerged and that's the way it should be, really. You've got to get the audience interested in the lives of the boys. - Alan Bennett

Page 2 of 3

<<-First <-Previous Next -> Last ->>