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 any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

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

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 never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

I am going to be a great actress.

I am going to be a great actress.

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.

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.

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 always know my lines.

I always know my lines.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

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.

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 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...