Olivia De Havilland Quotes & Sayings
16 most famous Olivia De Havilland quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She's a 108 year old American actress born on Jul 1, 1916.
“I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.”
“I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.”
“Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.”
“Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.”
“We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.”
“I don't feel the cold. It's my British blood!”
“I had a very big crush on Errol Flynn during 'Captain Blood.' I thought he was absolutely smashing for three solid years, but he never guessed. Then he had one on me but nothing came of it. I'm not going to regret that; it could have ruined my life.”
“I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.”
“If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.”
“I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a great need for. Films were the perfect means for satisfying that need.”
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