Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.

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I'm not afraid to die.

I'm not afraid to die.

I think Edith Evans is the most marvelous actress in the world and she can...

I think Edith Evans is the most marvelous actress in the world and she can...

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the...

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the...

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I...

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I...

I am going to be a great actress.

I am going to be a great actress.

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's...

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's...

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason...

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason...

I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me.

I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me.

I always know my lines.

I always know my lines.

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never...

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never...

Life is too short to work so hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so...

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so...

I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place....

Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place....

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.