Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actress Celia Johnson.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson, was an English actress, whose career included stage, television and film known for her roles in the films In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944), Brief Encounter (1945) and The Captain's Paradise (1953). For Brief Encounter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. A six-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969).
There may be a better one somewhere, but I haven't caught her at it.
Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny, because then you'll be disappointed.
I'd have liked to have leant against walls in thrillers.
I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone.
This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long.