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Life is too short to work so hard.

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I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

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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'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.

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I'm not afraid to die.

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When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people.

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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.

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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.

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A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actress

Born: November 5th, 1913

Died: July 8th, 1967

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