Much of the day I have busied myself making notes on the small parts in Shakespeare, often nameless, which are rewarding to the actor if only he'll not dismiss them as beneath his dignity. If I can work it up… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
I never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
“The point of a knighthood for British actors is to enable them to play butlers.” — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
“A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
We live in an age of apologies. Apologies, fake or true, are expected from the descendants of empire builders, slave owners and persecutors of… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not, a… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
There seems to be no end to the senseless wickedness done on this little planet in a minor solar system, and we puny mortals… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
