More Quotes by Vivien Leigh
Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.
Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.
Things are simple when you're going to die.
You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong.
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 cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things.
I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.
I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be.
I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our garden in the country after rain; sitting outside a cafe in Provence, drinking the vin de pays; staying at a little hotel in an English market town with Larry, in the early days after our marriage, when he was serving in the Fleet Air Arm, and I was touring Scotland, so that we had to make long treks to spend weekends together.
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.
