When I was at school at Paris, I had special lessons from Mademoiselle Antoine, an actress at the Comedie Francaise, and I was taken to every sort of play. I felt very grand.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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.

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

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

I always know my lines.

I always know my lines.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

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 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 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.

I've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.

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

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

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...