Actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what we are told to do. Off stage we are awful chumps. — Edith Evans Copy Share Image
What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give. — Edith Evans Copy Share Image
A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she… — Edith Evans Copy Share Image
If you're an actor, a real actor, you've got to be on the stage. But you mustn't go on the stage unless it's absolutely… — Edith Evans Copy Share Image
Actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what we are told to… — Edith Evans Copy Share Image
When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man? — Edith Evans Copy Share Image
I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for… — Edith Evans Copy Share Image
