Vivien Leigh Quotes
A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45. 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. 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. Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved. English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously. Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react. I adore dancing. I always know my lines. I am going to be a great actress. I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be. I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't. I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick. I loved fencing and dancing and elocution. I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms. I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value. 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. I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me. I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity. I'm not afraid to die.
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