I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. I am a very impatient person and headstrong. If I've made up my mind to do something, I can't be persuaded out of it.

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Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.

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Things are simple when you're going to die.

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Scarlett: You should die of shame to leave me here alone and helpless. Rhett: You helpless? (laughs) Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you.

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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.

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

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I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

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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.

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My husband, who's the greatest actor in the world, can do anything. Look at what he did in The Critic and Oedipus. In every role he gets-he did this in Richard the Third-there's nothing he can't do, nothing. Just nothing.

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

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