Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.
The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.
We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
Olivia and her sister Joan are the first sisters to win an Oscar for Best Actress each.
Olivia received a salary of $25,000 for appearing in Gone with the Wind.
Olivia, Jane Wyman, Jennifer Jones and Joan Fontaine are the only actress' alive who have won an Oscar for Best Actress in the 40's.
Olivia was good friends with the actress' Bette Davis and Gloria Stuart.
Olivia was good friends with her fellow Gone with the Wind co-star, Hattie McDaniel, and along with Clark Gable refused to attend the premiere unless Hattie was allowed to attend.
Olivia was married to Pierre Galante from 1955 to 1979, but they remained friends after they divorced.
Olivia is the sister of the actress Joan Fontaine.
In 1965, Olivia became the first female president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
Olivia holds the record of thanking the most picture in an Amacedy Award speech, thanking 27 people when she accepted the award for Best Actress for 1946's To Each His Own.
Olivia confessed years after starring with Errol Flynn that she had quite the crush on the handsome actor and sometimes had difficulties resisting his charms, but she did.
Olivia's nickname is Livvie
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