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.

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It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.

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I always know my lines.

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

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I will not be ignored.

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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.

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I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.

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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've always been mad about cats.

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Things are simple when you're going to die.

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