Vivien leigh quotes biography movie

QUOTES OF VIVIEN LEIGH

I was seven when Maureen O'Sullivan said, "What are you going to be when you grow up?" and I said, "I'm going to be an actress."

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.

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.

I will not be ignored (1935).

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.

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

ABOUT THEATRES and PLAYS

I feel part of a great theatrical tradition.

(1937)

When I was at school at Paris, I had special lessons from Mademoiselle Antoine, who was an actress at the Comedie Francaise, and I was taken to every sort of play - which the other girls weren't allowed to go to - and so I felt very grand.

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