15 Leigh Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mike Leigh is my all-time favourite writer/director/creator. Greta Gerwig

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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh. Natalie Wood

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My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. Marina and the Diamonds

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Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though I've never thought of myself like Marilyn Monroe, I was inspired by the tremendous risk she took - of being vulnerable. Rebecca De Mornay

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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing. Sally Hawkins

I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but one day I found myself doing an improvisation and thought, 'Oh God, I quite like this acting thing.' The second start was meeting Mike Leigh when I was 22. He showed me I could play people that weren't like me. Lesley Manville

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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs. Imelda Staunton

I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Tippi Hedren

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My sister Tricia Leigh and I vow to be whatever our niece Billie needs us to be. Joely Fisher

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The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land. Mitch Leigh

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When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as a composer, remember he's also a businessman. Mitch Leigh

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I saw Farrah Fawcett originally when she and her boyfriend, Lee Majors, came over to my house for a birthday party that I was having for my ex-wife, Leigh Taylor-Young. Ryan O'Neal

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