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 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...

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

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

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and...

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and...

I am going to be a great actress.

I am going to be a great actress.

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

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

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

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

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

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...

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

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

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

English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly...

English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly...

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...

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

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

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 need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

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

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'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...

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...

A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45.

A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45.