Vivien Leigh Quotes - Page 3

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• I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.

  Vivien Leigh

  Convince, Knows, I Can

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• Tired of all her efforts at Tara, Scarlett wishes to escape too: "I do want to escape too! I'm so very tired of it all!. . . The South is dead, it's dead, the Yankees and the carpetbaggers have got it and there's nothing left for us."

  Vivien Leigh

  Tired, Yankees, Effort

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• English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously.

  Vivien Leigh

  People, Age, Diction

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• One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays.

  Vivien Leigh

  Thinking, Play, Greater

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• I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards.

  Vivien Leigh

  School, Erratic, France

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• I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

  Vivien Leigh

  Language, Accents, Found

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• My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.

  Vivien Leigh

  Parent, Wanted, Delighted

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• When I was at school at Paris, I had special lessons from Mademoiselle Antoine, an actress at the Comedie Francaise, and I was taken to every sort of play. I felt very grand.

  Vivien Leigh

  Taken, School, Play

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• I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever.

  Vivien Leigh

  Sleep, Hours, Never Sleep

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• Scarlett, from the ashes of the war-ravaged land at Tara, remembering what she was taught by her father in happier times: "As God is my witness, as God is my witness, they're not going to lick me! I'm going to live through this, and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again - no, nor any of my folks! If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill! As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."

  Vivien Leigh

  Cheating, Father, War

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• Streetcar is the most wonderful, wonderful play.

  Vivien Leigh

  Play, Wonderful

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• Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

  Vivien Leigh

  Play, Wonderful

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