Olivia De Havilland
Olivia De Havilland
Olivia Mary de Havillandis a British-American former actress whose career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. She appeared in forty-nine feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hoodand Gone with the Wind, and her later award-winning performances in To Each His Own, The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth1 July 1916
CountryUnited States of America
If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.
We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.
Of course we fight. What sisters don't battle?
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.
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 read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
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.
There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
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 was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'