 Filming proved difficult for Leigh . Cukor was dismissed and replaced by Victor Fleming , with whom Leigh frequently quarrelled . She and Olivia de Havilland secretly met with Cukor at night and at weekends for his advice about how they should play their parts . Leigh befriended Clark Gable , his wife Carole Lombard and Olivia de Havilland ; but she clashed with Leslie Howard , with whom she was required to play several emotional scenes . Leigh was sometimes required to work seven days a week , often late into the night , which added to her distress ; and she missed Olivier , who was working in New York City . On a long @-@ distance telephone call to Olivier , she declared : " Puss , my puss , how I hate film acting ! Hate , hate , and never want to do another film again ! " 
