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Vivien Leigh was a British actress, best known for her roles as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" and Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire." Her performances received critical acclaim and earned her two Academy Awards for Best Actress. She is remembered as one of the great icons of classic cinema. Here are 44 of her quotes:

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American. (Vivien Leigh)

I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

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

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

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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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I always know my lines.

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I am going to be a great actress.

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

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Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

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I'm not afraid to die.

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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)

I adore dancing.

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Scarlett You should die of shame to leave me here alone and helpless. Rhett You helpless (laughs) Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you.

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Having lost Rhett, she can always return to the land to Tara, to soak up its strength. ... Tara ... Home. I'll go home, and I'll think of some way to get him back After all, tomorrow is another day.

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Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there isn't going to be any war.... If either of you boys says 'war' just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door.

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Scarlett tells Mammy 'I'm too young to be a widow.' She weeps to her mother 'My life is over. Nothing will ever happen to me anymore.' Her mother comforts her 'It's only natural to want to look young and be young when you are young.'

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On the road, they join the bedraggled remnants of a column of exhausted Confederate soldiers evacuating burning Atlanta. Rhett makes her take note of the scene 'Take a good look, my dear. It's a historic moment. You can tell your grandchildren how you watched the Old South disappear one night.'

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Scarlett, from the ashes of the war-ravaged land at Tara, remembering what she was taught by her father in happier times 'As God is my witness, as God is my witness, they're not going to lick me I'm going to live through this, and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again no, nor any of my folks If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.'

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Tired of all her efforts at Tara, Scarlett wishes to escape too 'I do want to escape too I'm so very tired of it all... The South is dead, it's dead, the Yankees and the carpetbaggers have got it and there's nothing left for us.'

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Occupation: English Actress
Born: November 5, 1913
Died: July 8, 1967
Quotes count: 44
Wikipedia: Vivien Leigh

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