I adore dancing. Vivien Leigh More Quotes by Vivien Leigh More Quotes From Vivien Leigh On the road, they join the bedraggled remnants of a column of exhausted Confederate soldiers evacuating burning Atlanta. Rhett makes her take note of the scene: "Take a good look, my dear. It's a historic moment. You can tell your grandchildren how you watched the Old South disappear one night." Vivien Leigh grandchildrenatlantanight I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing. Vivien Leigh importantgivingthinking I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me. Vivien Leigh scorpioslike-me I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. Vivien Leigh accentslanguagefound Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there isn't going to be any war. . . . If either of you boys says 'war' just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door. Vivien Leigh springfunwar I loved fencing and dancing and elocution. Vivien Leigh elocutionfencingdancing I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards. Vivien Leigh erraticfranceschool I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't. Vivien Leigh givenhavensmade 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. Vivien Leigh greaterplaythinking Scarlett, from the ashes of the war-ravaged land at Tara, remembering what she was taught by her father in happier times: "As God is my witness, as God is my witness, they're not going to lick me! I'm going to live through this, and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again - no, nor any of my folks! If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill! As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." Vivien Leigh warfathercheating I am going to be a great actress. Vivien Leigh actresses 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. Vivien Leigh dictionagepeople I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick. Vivien Leigh convincei-canknows Streetcar is the most wonderful, wonderful play. Vivien Leigh playwonderful Every single night I'm nervous. Vivien Leigh actingfearnight I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever. Vivien Leigh never-sleephourssleep Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play. Vivien Leigh playwonderful Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicket thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry. Vivien Leigh sawsableresponsibility My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love. Vivien Leigh good-friendhusbandfirsts 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. Vivien Leigh takenplayschool
