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I always know my lines.

Vivien Leigh

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Vivien Leigh
Age: 53 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 5
Died: 1967
Died: July 8
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Darjeeling (India)
Vivien Leigh
Lady Olivier
Vivian Mary Hartley
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I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't.
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My friends, when I was young, were always older than I was, and I've always liked them. And I love old men and old ladies, really. But I've known more elderly men, like Max Beerbohm, like Beranard Berenson, like Somerset Maugham, Winston Churchill-I'd put him first, anyway-what they say is so wise and so good. They know what they're talking about.
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Things are simple when you're going to die.
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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.
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You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.
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My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.
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I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever.
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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.
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I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be.
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I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things.
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Having lost Rhett, she can always return to the land - to Tara, to soak up its strength. . . . Tara! . . . Home. I'll go home, and I'll think of some way to get him back! After all, tomorrow is another day!
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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.
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I am going to be a great actress.
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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.
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