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" 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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" A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45. "

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" I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be. "

" I loved fencing and dancing and elocution. "

" I am going to be a great actress. "

" Life is too short to work so hard. "

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

" I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't. "

" I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything. "

" When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people. "

" Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh. "

" 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. "

" I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. "

" I'm not afraid to die. "

" I adore dancing. "

" I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me. "

" I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick. "

" Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react. "

" 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. "

" 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 think Edith Evans is the most marvelous actress in the world and she can look beautiful. People who aren't beautiful can look beautiful. She can look as beautiful as Diana Cooper, who was the most beautiful woman in the world. "

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