In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?
- Leslie Caron
Happiness, How, Otherwise, Unhappiness
The American is wholeheartedly for love and romance at any cost.
- Leslie Caron
Love, Romantic, Romance, Wholeheartedly
I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.
- Leslie Caron
Eastern, Middle Eastern, Toured
I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.
- Leslie Caron
Children, Two, Had, Manage
You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.
- Leslie Caron
Like, Meryl, Roles, None
I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.
- Leslie Caron
Experience, Clash, Frenchmen, Personalities
When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.
- Leslie Caron
Small, Career, Films, Ruined
I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.
- Leslie Caron
Ease, Very, Arrogant, Worldly
Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
- Leslie Caron
More, Trained, Fred Astaire, Astaire
I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.
- Leslie Caron
Doing, Not Good Enough, Clark
The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.
- Leslie Caron
Studio, Elizabeth, Taylor, Charged
I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.
- Leslie Caron
Love, Tokyo, I Love, Film Festival
James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.
- Leslie Caron
Will, Rehearsal, Correct, Close
I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.
- Leslie Caron
London, Hollywood, Belong, Peter
Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.
- Leslie Caron
Play, Important, Always, Cinema
We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.
- Leslie Caron
System, Studio, Were, Ruled
I went to Kerala in India, to learn Ayurveda, which was fantastic.
- Leslie Caron
Learn, India, Which, Fantastic
I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.
- Leslie Caron
System, Break, Roles, Different Roles
There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.
- Leslie Caron
Good, Like, Many, Jane
I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.
- Leslie Caron
Other, Very, Which, Offered
The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.
- Leslie Caron
Love, The Most Important, Active
No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.
- Leslie Caron
Through, Maybe, Note, Screen
It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.
- Leslie Caron
Civilization, Another, Very, Marry
I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.
- Leslie Caron
Think, In The Past, Still, Progress
It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.
- Leslie Caron
Me, Director, Made, Threw
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