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. |
Life is too short to work so hard. |
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. |
My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. |
Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react. |
My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love. |
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. |
I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me. |
I've always been mad about cats. |
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. |
I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick. |
I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. |
I always know my lines. |
I don't know what that Method is. Acting is life, to me, and should be. |
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. |