To me Vivien Leigh was a tragic heroine of classic proportions: chosen, blessed and abandoned by the gods. Obstinately she tried to control and defy her destiny and to know her story is to be inspired by pity and terror. — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
What’s the use of remembering anything? If it was unpleasant it was unpleasant and if it was pleasant it’s over. — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“I'm a real phony, one of those half-baked hot-house plants we're growing nowadays, instead of the honest-to-God two-fisted women we should be...” — Elaine Dundy Copy Share
“He tried to kiss me. One of the few things that had impressed me in college was a Southern girl’s account o how she… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“You're not playing the game," he said grimly. "English gossip isn't supposed to get back to the person it's about.” — elaine dundy Copy Share Image
“I have never known anyone with less money and less visible means of getting hold of it. He had slept around everywhere, from the… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
The world is wide, wide, wide, and I am young, young, young, and we’re all going to live forever! — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“I imagined there must be hundreds and thousands and millions of people quiet in the dark out there, waiting with baited breath for me,… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“What did I feel? Appalled. Astonished. Bewildered. I thought I was doing so well. I thought I was charming the hell out of him. I thought I had him eating out of my hand. Well: I thought I was getting away with it. I might have known. There is always a catch. But suddenly I felt very very young, like… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share
“[T]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
![“[T]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don’t we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.” quote by Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/571/elaine-dundy-10668_god-knows_t-he-question-actors-most-often-get-aske_539060.jpg)