Top 33 De Havilland Quotes
#1. I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!
Joan Fontaine
#2. There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
Olivia De Havilland
#3. 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.
Olivia De Havilland
#4. I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
Olivia De Havilland
#5. The truth is I'm in a place without a bright side or a one best thing. I'm in a place where, honest to God, you feel you can kill your friends just by asking the names of stars.
David James Duncan
#6. The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.
Olivia De Havilland
#7. I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.
Olivia De Havilland
#8. By staying active & learning to control negative emotions and thoughts, you can live out the rest of your life on a good note.
Jude Bijou
#9. The taipan is the one to watch out for. It is the most poisonous snake on Earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom so potent that your last mortal utterance is likely to be: I say, is that a sn
Bill Bryson
#11. I had a funny feeling that day, all day: something about how much I liked my life and where I was with it.
John Darnielle
#12. 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.
Olivia De Havilland
#13. 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.
Olivia De Havilland
#14. All the French speak French - even the children. Many Americans and Britishers who visit the country never quite adjust to this, and the idea persists that the natives speak the language just to show off or be difficult.
Olivia De Havilland
#16. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.
Karrie Webb
#17. I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine, and my niece, Deborah, and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.
Olivia De Havilland
#18. Quick now, here, now, always-
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flame are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
T. S. Eliot
#19. Without a doubt, even when I play with Black Label, when we have different guys I play with, everyone always brings their own magic, their own flavor to the soup, hands down.
Zakk Wylde
#21. I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
Dorothy Parker
#22. I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
Olivia De Havilland
#24. 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.
Olivia De Havilland
#25. We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
Olivia De Havilland
#26. 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.
Olivia De Havilland
#27. I have an assistant in Vancouver to help me with my life.
Megan Gallagher
#29. It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.
Olivia De Havilland
#30. The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.
Olivia De Havilland
#31. Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced.
Hugh Prather
#32. 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.
Olivia De Havilland
#33. My sister has decided to become an actress too. It has ruined the close-knittedness of our family life.
Olivia De Havilland
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