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.

My husband, who's the greatest actor in the world, can do anything. Look at what he did in The Critic and Oedipus. In every role he gets-he did this in Richard the Third-there's nothing he can't do, nothing. Just nothing.

People who are very beautiful make their own laws.

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't.

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.

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.

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.