To have a childhood surrounded by people like Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh sounds glitzy, but for years I wanted to repress it. I couldn't take that kind of power and success.

This quote means that when I was a child, I was surrounded by people who had a lot of power and success, like Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It might have seemed glamorous, but I wanted to forget about it. I couldn’t handle the idea of having so much power and success.