Vivien Leigh

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

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

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

English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously.
Vivien Leigh

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

I adore dancing.
Vivien Leigh

I always know my lines.
Vivien Leigh

I am going to be a great actress.
Vivien Leigh

I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be.
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 know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.
Vivien Leigh

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.
Vivien Leigh

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

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

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

I think Edith Evans is the most marvelous actress in the world and she can look beautiful. People who aren't beautiful can look beautiful. She can look as beautiful as Diana Cooper, who was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Vivien Leigh

I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me.
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'm not afraid to die.
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Biography
Type: Actress
Nationality: English
Born: November 5, 1913
Died: July 8, 1967

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