"I have to act to live." — Laurence Olivier

"I have to act to live."

— Laurence Olivier

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41 Quotes by Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier has 41 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put…
Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at…
What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.
No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.
Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.
Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.
Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real.
Work is life for me, it is the only point of life-and with it there is almost religious belief that…
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and…
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within…
The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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