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More Quotes by Vivien Leigh
Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.
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.
I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.
I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.
In Britain, an attractive woman is somehow suspect. If there is talent as well, it is overshadowed. Beauty and brains just can't be entertained; someone has been too extravagant. This does not happen in America or on the Continent, for the looks of a woman are considered a positive advertisement for her gifts and don't detract from them.
It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.
People who are very beautiful make their own laws.
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.
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.
I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing.
