Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard
Leslie Howardwas an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. Probably best remembered for playing Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind, he also appeared in Berkeley Square, Of Human Bondage, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Petrified Forest, Pygmalion, Intermezzo, "Pimpernel" Smithand The First of the Few...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1893
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came coming knew shoot
When I came here I knew I was coming here to shoot the ball, specifically the three.
bad decisions gave turned
We let down and they turned it up at the end. We had some bad decisions and that gave them the momentum.
We know what that's going to be. It's going to be tough.
acting agonizing emotions enjoy great reserved shy truth
The truth is that to enjoy acting one must be an exhibitionist at heart, one must revel in those exposures of the emotions which would be agonizing to a shy or reserved person. All the great actors have been and are exhibitionists.
trying
I can't think of anything more exciting than trying to be an actor.
cannot conceal extent himself large life private
What the actor is in private life, he is to a large extent on the stage, because he cannot conceal himself and his true personality from his audience.
gave homesick man native
Don't think I am not homesick for America. I say 'homesick' advisedly because I am a man with two homes - America, which gave me hospitality for many happy years, and where my daughter was born; and my native England.
february games knew left three
We knew February was going to be real tough. We've got three games left and we've got to find a way to win.
beverly fairy fine looked time uniform yesterday
Yesterday I put on my Confederate uniform for the first time and looked like a fairy doorman at the Beverly Wiltshire - a fine thing at my age.
pull somehow successful
What started out to be a real successful season, we've got to somehow pull it together.
heaven help terrible
Terrible lot of nonsense... heaven help me if I ever read the book.
homeless soon vulnerable work
Now, we're saying, as soon as we know someone is homeless or vulnerable to being homeless, get them in housing, and then work on their other problems. So that's really the big shift, the big change.