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I am going to be a great actress.
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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I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards.
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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.
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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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I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.
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People who are very beautiful make their own laws.
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Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.
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I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.
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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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Life is too short to work so hard.
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Things are simple when you're going to die.
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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'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me.
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I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.
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On the road, they join the bedraggled remnants of a column of exhausted Confederate soldiers evacuating burning Atlanta. Rhett makes her take note of the scene: Take a good look, my dear. It's a historic moment. You can tell your grandchildren how you watched the Old South disappear one night.
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