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Quotes
These are some quotes that have been said by Vivien herself.
Her Life
"Scorpios burn themselves out and eat themselves up and they are careless about themselves - like me. I swing between happiness and misery and I cry easily. I am a mixture of my mother's determination and my father's optimism. I am part prude and part non-conformist and I say what I think and don't dissemble. I am a mixture of French, Irish and Yorkshire, and perhaps that's what it all is."
"I was educated all over the place, in England, France, Germany and Italy. Came back to England when I was 5, went straight to convent school. I imagine I was rather spoiled."
"I have every reason to be grateful-I seem to have seen everyone I meant to and there have been some hilarious moments."
Her Career
"I am going to be a great actress."
"I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be."
"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."
"Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react."
"Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicked thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry."
"I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick."
"It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh."
Her Characters
"Marry you, Joe? Have you gone out of your mind? I mean you had better look in the frying pan, hadn't you?" -Libby | Sidewalks of London
"I'll think about it tomorrow..." -Scarlett O'Hara | Gone With The Wind
"Fiddle dee dee!" -Scarlett O'Hara | Gone With The Wind
"Great balls of fire!" -Scarlett O'Hara | Gone With The Wind
"After all, tomorrow is another day!" -Scarlett O'Hara | Gone With The Wind
"I loved you, I've never loved anyone else. I never shall, that's the truth Roy, I never shall." -Myra Lester | Waterloo Bridge
"Every parting from you is like a little eternity." -Myra Lester | Waterloo Bridge
"There is no "then". There is no "after"." -Emma Lady Hamilton | That Hamilton Woman
"But some things are not forgivable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable! It is the one unforgivable thing, in my opinion, and the one thing of which I have never, never been guilty." -Blanche DuBois | A Streetcar Named Desire
"I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is 50% illusion." -Blanche DuBois | A Streetcar Named Desire
"I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell truths. I tell what ought to be truth." -Blanche DuBois | A Streetcar Named Desire
"Straight? What's 'straight'? A line can be straight, or a street. But the heart of a human being?" -Blanche DuBois | A Streetcar Named Desire
Thank you for stopping by Vivien Online, a web resource with information about the classic movie actress, Vivien Leigh. Though Miss Leigh is no longer alive it is important to keep her memory alive because of everything she accomplished. Here you can learn much about her and as a bonus, get many goodies that feature her.
Every few months a giveaway takes place where you can win a unique, Vivien-related item! Click here to find out how you can enter and what the prize is!