"Now, let us see what that stupid cretin Mr. Meredith Merridew had to say about my Titus Andronicus. [reads] "Mr. Lionheart's rendering of the role can only be described as villainous. Laid between the delicately underplayed performances of Miss Lillywhite as Lavinia and Miss Mole as Tamora, one is irresistibly reminded of a ham sandwich." [pause] My reputation."

"Look, Devlin, when two people have the same motive to murder and one of them is still alive, who would you arrest?"

"So my performance of Richard III cast such a spell upon the audience that it put this reviewer into a "deep sleep from which he awoke much refreshed and relieved by the knowledge that he had been spared the ordeal of attending to the aging matinee idol's ranting and posturing." Well, we shall see if we cannot spur you to more rapt attention with today's performance. "Dive, thoughts, down to my soul. Here Clarence comes.""

"At your own risk"

"You begin to resent an actor if you always have to give him bad notices."

"It's curtains for his critics!"

"Louise English — Diane Caulder"

"Vincent Price has reserved a seat for you in the "theatre of blood.""

"[examining a note on a gift box] "I am sorry to miss the meeting, but my heart is with you. Dickman." [he opens it and it contains Dickman's bloody heart] It's him, all right. Only Lionheart would have the temerity to rewrite Shakespeare!"

"Keith Buckley — Stewart"

"Milton Reid — Manservant"

"John Comer — Ship's Officer"

"John Thaw — Shavers"

"Gerald Sim — Hackett"

"Lewis Fiander — Baker"

"Peter Cushing — Captain"

"Beryl Reid — Miss Ambrose"

"Terry-Thomas — Lombardo"

"Hugh Griffith — Harry Ambrose"

"Fiona Lewis — Diana Trowbridge"

"John Cater — Superintendent Waverley"

"The Sting's in the tale! Another horrendous story from the merchant of menace"

"Vincent Price — Dr. Anton Phibes"

"Robert Quarry — Darius Biederbeck"

"They Haven't Built The COFFIN That Can Hold HIM!"

"Caroline Munro — Phibes's wife, Victoria Regina Phibes"

"I think we should give his head a decent burial."

"Valli Kemp — Vulnavia"

"Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!"

"David Hutcheson — Dr. Hedgepath"