50 Quotes by Olivia De Havilland

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.

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

One must take what comes, with laughter.

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.

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

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

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

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