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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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...

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

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

I've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.

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.

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

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

Life is too short to work so hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

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 loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

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

Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much...

Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much...

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...