50 Quotes by Olivia De Havilland

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

There are no words to describe my feelings for Errol Flynn.

I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.