Life is too short to work so hard.

I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.

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.

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 think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing.

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."

Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.