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My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.
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)
Vivien Leigh
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Vivian Mary Hartley
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I'm not young. What's wrong with that?
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Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there isn't going to be any war. . . . If either of you boys says 'war' just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door.
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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 will not be ignored.
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I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.
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A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45.
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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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I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.
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It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.
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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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Scarlett tells Mammy: I'm too young to be a widow. She weeps to her mother: My life is over. Nothing will ever happen to me anymore. Her mother comforts her: It's only natural to want to look young and be young when you are young.
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I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.
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I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.
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I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever.
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I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.
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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 cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things.
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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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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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Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.
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