“I never sleep for more than five hours, hardly ever.” ~Vivien Leigh
“Dickens. All during the war when I was traveling on these blackout trains, because I used to go back to see my husband on weekends, I read the whole of Dickens. And I think that that was one of the most thrilling experiences.” ~Vivien Leigh
“My friends, when I was young, were always older than I was, and I’ve always liked them. And I love old men and old ladies, really. But I’ve known more elderly men, like Max Beerbohm, like Beranard Berenson, like Somerset Maugham, Winston Churchill–I’d put him first, anyway–what they say is so wise and so good. They know what they’re talking about.” ~Vivien Leigh
“My husband, who’s the greatest actor in the world, can do anything. Look at what he did in The Critic and Oedipus. In every role he gets–he did this in Richard the Third–there’s nothing he can’t do, nothing. Just nothing.” ~Vivien Leigh
“My birth sign is Scorpio and they eat themselves up and burn themselves out. I swing between happiness and misery. I am part prude and part nonconformist. I say what I think and I don’t pretend and I am prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.” ~Vivien Leigh
“But I remember the morning after The Mask of Virtue–which is the first play I did at the West End–that some critics saw fit to be as foolish as to say that I was a great actress. And 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. And it took me years to learn enough to live up to what they said–for those first notices. I find it so stupid. I remember the critic very well, and have never forgiven him.” ~Vivien Leigh
“I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. I am a very impatient person and headstrong.” ~Vivien Leigh
“I hope I’ve one thing that Scarlett never had. A sense of humor. I want some joy out of life. And she had one thing I hope I never have. Selfish egotism.” ~Vivien Leigh
“Leigh taught me how to live, your father taught me how to love, and Jack taught me how to be alone.” ~Vivien Leigh
“I’m not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star–just a film star– is such a false life, lived for fake values, and for publicity. Actresses go on for a long time and there are always marvelous parts to play.” ~Vivien Leigh
“I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards.” ~Vivien Leigh
“It’s much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.” ~Vivien Leigh
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