One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays.

Quote by Vivien Leigh

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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...

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

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

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.

I always know my lines.

I always know my lines.

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

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

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 am going to be a great actress.

I am going to be a great actress.

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....

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 need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms.

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

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

I adore dancing.

I adore dancing.

I've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.

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 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 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'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...