The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
“[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?” — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
What is the main problem of the actor? It is to keep the audience awake, and not let them go to sleep,… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
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… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
“[in 1979] You must have - besides intuition and sensitivity - a cutting edge that allows you to reach what you need. Also, you… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
[on whether he harbored any resentment at his forced retirement from the stage after he was fired by Britain's National Theater] I should be… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
A sexual athlete is not likely to find sufficient energy for work of another athletic kind, and the acting of great parts most definitely… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share
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