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I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything. — Vivien Leigh

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play. — Vivien Leigh

I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing. — Vivien Leigh

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love. — Vivien Leigh

I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever. — Vivien Leigh

Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one swims where one wants. — Vivien Leigh

I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms. — Vivien Leigh

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh. — Vivien Leigh

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. — Vivien Leigh

A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45. — Vivien Leigh

Every single night I'm nervous. — Vivien Leigh

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap. — Vivien Leigh

I wanted to be like Vivien Leigh in 'Gone With the Wind.' I wanted to have black hair, green eyes and break hearts. — Terry Farrell

I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be. — Vivien Leigh

Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us. — Vivien Leigh

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution. — Vivien Leigh

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't. — Vivien Leigh

I always know my lines. — Vivien Leigh

We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh. — Natalie Wood

I'm not afraid to die. — Vivien Leigh

Streetcar is the most wonderful, wonderful play. — Vivien Leigh

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity. — Vivien Leigh

I am going to be a great actress. — Vivien Leigh

I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards. — Vivien Leigh

You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong. — Vivien Leigh

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react. — Vivien Leigh

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved. — Vivien Leigh

People who are very beautiful make their own laws. — Vivien Leigh

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays. — Vivien Leigh

I'm not young. What's wrong with that? — Vivien Leigh

Scarlett: You should die of shame to leave me here alone and helpless. Rhett: You helpless? (laughs) Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you. — Vivien Leigh

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people. — Vivien Leigh

Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh. — Vivien Leigh

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American. — Vivien Leigh

I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value. — Vivien Leigh

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else. — Vivien Leigh

Life is too short to work so hard. — Vivien Leigh

I will not be ignored. — Vivien Leigh

If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine. — Joan Bennett

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show. — Vivien Leigh

I've always been mad about cats. — Vivien Leigh

I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me. — Vivien Leigh

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. — Vivien Leigh

I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick. — Vivien Leigh

Things are simple when you're going to die. — Vivien Leigh

I hope my life will prove a useful & good one, to many people." - Vivien Leigh — Kendra Bean