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Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
Have a very good reason for everything you do.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor - to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time - every time I have a birthday.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
Nine books have been written about me, and there's not a word of truth in any of them.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I can't think I've ever loved anybody quite as much... My mother was my life, really; she was my entire world.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
A man's prime interest in life must be his work.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
It took me two years to walk around a chair with ease; it took me another two years to learn how to laugh onstage - and I had to learn everything.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
'Richard III' is a really difficult play to film - it's involved, often obscure. I felt it absolutely necessary to do more simplification than I've ever done before.
Written by
Laurence Olivier
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