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I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be.
Vivien Leigh
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Vivien Leigh
Age: 53 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 5
Died: 1967
Died: July 8
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Darjeeling (India)
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Vivian Mary Hartley
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My birth sign is Scorpio and they eat themselves up and burn themselves out. I swing between happiness and misery. I am part prude and part nonconformist. I say what I think and I don't pretend and I am prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.
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You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong.
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I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever.
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Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicket thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry.
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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.
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Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.
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I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.
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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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Things are simple when you're going to die.
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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.
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Streetcar is the most wonderful, wonderful play.
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I always know my lines.
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I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things.
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I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.
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I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.
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Life is too short to work so hard.
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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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I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards.
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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.
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I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.
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