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

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

Vivien Leigh

I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.

I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.

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 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'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.

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.

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.

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.

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.

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.

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've always been mad about cats.

I've always been mad about cats.

I will not be ignored.

I will not be ignored.

Things are simple when you're going to die.

Things are simple when you're going to die.

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

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

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

People who are very beautiful make their own laws.

People who are very beautiful make their own laws.