Leigh: "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."

Leigh: "People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap."

Leigh: "Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react."

Leigh: "I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me."

Leigh: "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."

Leigh: "I'm not afraid to die."

Leigh: "Life is too short to work so hard."

Leigh: "English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously."

Leigh: "I need something truly beautiful to look at in hotel rooms."

Leigh: "My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love."