Stan Laurel

(1890–1965) Stage Actor United Kingdom

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Stan Laurel was a stage actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Laurel and Hardy.

Quick Facts About Stan Laurel

Born: June 16, 1890
Died: February 23, 1965
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: Laurel and Hardy
Spouse: Ida K. Laurel

About Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel was an English actor, comedian, director and writer who was in the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films and cameo roles.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Honorary Award Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Stan Laurel

I had a dream that I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep.

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Awake

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Personally, I think the silent films were more effective for L&H, but the sound was of great value in enhancing the effects…

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Action

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Sight gags had to be planned; they required timing and mechanics. Occasionally, spontaneity would arise in the shooting of the scenes.

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Shooting

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“I had a dream I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep.”

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Awake

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A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be lead.

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Drink

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Babe and I are both great television fans, and we've been planning to do something on TV. But we certainly never intended…

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Fans

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Another fine mess you've gotten me into.

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Another

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“You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.”

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Horse

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I feel like dying when I'm helpless

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Death

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If any of you cry at my funeral I'll never speak to you again.

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Cry

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Anyone who thinks 'Modern Times' has got a big message is just putting it there himself. Charlie knew that the pressures of…

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Big

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All I know is just how to make people laugh.

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How

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A friend once asked me what comedy was. That floored me. What is comedy? I don't know. Does anybody? Can you define…

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About

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It's the one with that panel of ultra-chichi folks. The one called 'What's My Line?' It sends me straight up the wall.…

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Family

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What business do we have telling people who to vote for? They probably know more about it than we do.

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About

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If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again.

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Again

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My only opinion on the L&H 'home movie' situation - I regret we have no financial interest in them.

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Home

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We never dealt with satire or suggestive material. Although some of our films were broad parodies or burlesques of popular dramatic themes,…

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Dramatic

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Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth.

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Exaggeration

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We did have a script, but it didn't consist of the routines and gags. It outlined the basic story idea and just…

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Habits

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If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it.

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We had friendly and pleasant relationships with all that worked in our films - many happy memories.

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Cinema

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I don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with Charles Chaplin.

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Chaplin

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