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.

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

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

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such...

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such...

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

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

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

I adore dancing.

I adore dancing.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

I'm not afraid to die.

I'm not afraid to die.

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...

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an...

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an...

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do...

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do...

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...

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...

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....

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

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

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

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...

I've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

When I was at school at Paris, I had special lessons from Mademoiselle Antoine, an...

When I was at school at Paris, I had special lessons from Mademoiselle Antoine, an...

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.