Olivia De Havilland Quotes

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

One must take what comes, with laughter.

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.

It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.

My sister has decided to become an actress too. It has ruined the close-knittedness of our family life.

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.

I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

The TV business is soul-crushing, talent-destroying and human being-destroying.

I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'

Of course we fight. What sisters don't battle?

I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.

I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.

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.

I don't feel the cold. It's my British blood!

There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.

I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter that's it. It's a task I love.