Vivien Leigh Quotes

Life is too short to work so hard.
Vivien Leigh

Life, Work, Hard

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.
Vivien Leigh

Grateful, Loved, Lord

I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me.
Vivien Leigh

Themselves, Eat, Burn

I've always been mad about cats.
Vivien Leigh

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.
Vivien Leigh

Laugh, Training, Difficult

I always know my lines.
Vivien Leigh

I'm not young. What's wrong with that?
Vivien Leigh

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.
Vivien Leigh

Beauty, Great, Care

A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45.
Vivien Leigh

She, Lucky, Died

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

Why, Training, Else

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.
Vivien Leigh

Single, Night, Audience

I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be.
Vivien Leigh

Life, Acting, Method

I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.
Vivien Leigh

Beautiful, Truly, Hotel

I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.
Vivien Leigh

Training, Theatre, Value

I'm not afraid to die.
Vivien Leigh

I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.
Vivien Leigh

Times, Godmother, Loads

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.
Vivien Leigh

Act, Greater, Thinks

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.
Vivien Leigh

Words, Place, Sea

I adore dancing.
Vivien Leigh

I am going to be a great actress.
Vivien Leigh

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't.
Vivien Leigh

I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.
Vivien Leigh

Convince, Mr, Scarlett

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.
Vivien Leigh

Loved, Dancing, Fencing

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.
Vivien Leigh

Learning, After, Difficult

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.
Vivien Leigh

Life, Fake, Film

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: November 5, 1913

Died: July 8, 1967

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