Actor Quote by Laurence Olivier

[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

I thought that's where I would go: I would become a Shakespearian actor.

— Anita Dobson

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would…

— Glenn Ford

What is important to me as an actor is that ,even if I have to spread my arms, take my shirt off on a…

— Vir Das

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.

— James Broughton

Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.

— Laurence Olivier

It would positively be a relief to me to dig Shakespeare up and throw stones at him.

— George Bernard Shaw

As an actor, it is my job to prepare for the role I am playing.

— Rasika Dugal

An actor's got a serious duty to perform. God's given him the gift to interpret his creatures. He has to do that honestly and…

— Saeed Jaffrey

I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I can rub…

— Roger Rees

I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between the actor and the audience.

— Trevor Nunn

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I…

— Jessica Lange