I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

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I've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.

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....

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 am going to be a great actress.

I am going to be a great actress.

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.

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.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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 adore dancing.

I adore dancing.

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...

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...

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...

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...