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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
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Vivien Leigh
Age: 53 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 5
Died: 1967
Died: July 8
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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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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.
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Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.
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