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More Quotes by Vivien Leigh
I've always been mad about cats.
Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.
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.
Who could quarrel with Clark Gable? We got on well. Whenever anyone on the set was tired or depressed, it was Gable who cheered that person up. Then the newspapers began printing the story that Gable and I were not getting on. This was so ridiculous it served only as a joke. From the time on the standard greeting between Clark and myself became, 'How are you not getting on today?'
Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.
But I remember the morning after The Mask of Virtue-which is the first play I did at the West End-that some critics saw fit to be as foolish as to say that I was a great actress. And I thought, that was a foolish, wicked thing to say, because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry. And it took me years to learn enough to live up to what they said-for those first notices. I find it so stupid. I remember the critic very well, and have never forgiven him.
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.
I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me.
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 need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.
