In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have to relate it to the audience. In other words we are continually changing the score. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
“I always had the idea that when I was older I'd get frightfully clever. I'd get awfully learned, I'd get jolly sage. People would… — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
Actors are the jockeys of literature. Others supply the horses, the plays, and we simply make them run. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
If a man without a sense of smell declared that this yellow rose that I hold had no scent, we should know that he… — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
Acting is a strange business; one day it's there, and the next day nowhere to be seen. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
I like talking to engineers best. They built bridges, they're very precise, very disciplined, yet I find they have roving minds. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have… — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
