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> [The word 'ego' is very important. The ego is an important element of being human, and of being creative. We need that ego in order to give us a confidence of doing what we're doing. Ego pushes us into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/the-word-ego-is-very-important-the-ego-is-an-important-element-of/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

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## More by George Ogilvie

> [When you have an empty mind, you are prepared for the next thing that happens. It's like to be part of a spiritual practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/when-you-have-an-empty-mind-you-are-prepared-for-the-next-thing-that/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [ I loved doing school musicals \[as a kid\], I even started at an early age to write little plays for the school to perform.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/i-loved-doing-school-musicals-as-a-kid-i-even-started-at-an-early-age/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [I spent a month in India and where I learnt an important word for me, for everything that had come before and after, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/i-spent-a-month-in-india-and-where-i-learnt-an-important-word-for-me/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [One of the things that you never realise while you are young is that things do come to an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/one-of-the-things-that-you-never-realise-while-you-are-young-is-that/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young, I spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/my-mother-and-my-father-had-very-very-strong-scots-accents-we-were/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [Any play I do, anything I do in the theatre, it's absolutely essential for me in a sense, to create a family in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/any-play-i-do-anything-i-do-in-the-theatre-it-s-absolutely-essential/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [When I began to direct, I began to understand and realise that everything that I'd learnt, both in music and dance and in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/when-i-began-to-direct-i-began-to-understand-and-realise-that/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [The inter-relationships between people have always fascinated me, as a director. And particularly those who are battlers in life, those who are on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/the-inter-relationships-between-people-have-always-fascinated-me-as-a/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [The word 'ego' is very important. The ego is an important element of being human, and of being creative. We need that ego in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/the-word-ego-is-very-important-the-ego-is-an-important-element-of/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [Music has always been a part of my spiritual seeking, from the moment that Handel's 'Messiah' gave me the experience when I was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/music-has-always-been-a-part-of-my-spiritual-seeking-from-the-moment/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [World is full of followers and leaders, and I think that if one can become both and be both, to follow in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/world-is-full-of-followers-and-leaders-and-i-think-that-if-one-can/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [Identity is a very difficult thing in the theatre. As an actor said to me one day, 'What are we doing today?' when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/identity-is-a-very-difficult-thing-in-the-theatre-as-an-actor-said-to/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [I think that in fact by taking on the persona of a human being, you begin to realise that it is all ego, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/i-think-that-in-fact-by-taking-on-the-persona-of-a-human-being-you/)

[George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ogilvie/)

> [ An actor and a \[theatre\] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a musician will… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ogilvie/an-actor-and-a-theatre-director-are-both-what-i-would-call/)

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