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

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Vivien Leigh quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever.

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

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

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

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

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

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

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

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: Every single night I'm nervous.

Every single night I'm nervous.

Vivien Leigh quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be.

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

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

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

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

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: I'm not afraid to die.

I'm not afraid to die.

Vivien Leigh quotes: I always know my lines.

I always know my lines.

Vivien Leigh quotes: Streetcar is the most wonderful, wonderful play.

Streetcar is the most wonderful, wonderful play.

Vivien Leigh quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I am going to be a great actress.

I am going to be a great actress.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.

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

People who are very beautiful make their own laws.

Vivien Leigh quotes: I will not be ignored.

I will not be ignored.

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

Things are simple when you're going to die.

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

I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.

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

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

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

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: I've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.

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

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Life is too short to work so hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Vivien Leigh quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

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

Vivien Leigh quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

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