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.

Life is too short to work so hard.

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.

I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.

People who are very beautiful make their own laws.

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.

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

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.

I've always been mad about cats.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.

While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so. I admire you, beloved, for the trap you've set. It's like a final chapter no one reads because the plot is over.

Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance.

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed consent question was answerable.

I get to meet people from all walks of life, from all different countries, from different backgrounds.

Religion is the one and sole interest of the people of India.

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.