About Edith Evans: Dame Edith Mary Evans was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films towards the beginning and end of her career.
What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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 acting, you take your courage.
When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?
I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.
