"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."
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Speech to the annual actors' Equity meeting (1951)
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Edith Evans
Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 1888 β 14 October 1976) was an English actress of stage and films who was nominated for three Academy Awards between 1964 and 1968.
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