Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us. Vivien Leigh More Quotes by Vivien Leigh More Quotes From Vivien Leigh I'm not young. What's wrong with that? Vivien Leigh young I've always been mad about cats. Vivien Leigh mad cat pet Things are simple when you're going to die. Vivien Leigh dying simple death Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved. Vivien Leigh dear-lord grateful stills I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. Vivien Leigh restless different enough A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45. Vivien Leigh eva-peron died lucky People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap. Vivien Leigh acting people thinking I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value. Vivien Leigh training theatre thinking I will not be ignored. Vivien Leigh ignored Scarlett tells Mammy: "I'm too young to be a widow." She weeps to her mother: "My life is over. Nothing will ever happen to me anymore." Her mother comforts her: "It's only natural to want to look young and be young when you are young." Vivien Leigh mother life looks I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms. Vivien Leigh beautiful looks needs My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American. Vivien Leigh family-love blood america You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong. Vivien Leigh stomach empty breathing I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be. Vivien Leigh method acting should Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one swims where one wants. Vivien Leigh swim sea want Tired of all her efforts at Tara, Scarlett wishes to escape too: "I do want to escape too! I'm so very tired of it all!. . . The South is dead, it's dead, the Yankees and the carpetbaggers have got it and there's nothing left for us." Vivien Leigh yankees effort tired I always know my lines. Vivien Leigh lines knows I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything. Vivien Leigh grand-mother godmother grandmother Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react. Vivien Leigh nervous audience night 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 grandchildren atlanta night