Author: Vivien Leigh

Quotes

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.

- Vivien Leigh

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.

- Vivien Leigh

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.

- Vivien Leigh

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else.

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else.

- Vivien Leigh

Life is too short to work so hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

- Vivien Leigh

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

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

- Vivien Leigh

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.

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

I am going to be a great actress.

I am going to be a great actress.

- Vivien Leigh

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.

- Vivien Leigh

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