"We used to have actresses trying to become……" — Laurence Olivier
"We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses."
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41 Quotes by Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier has 41 quotes on this site.
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I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put…
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Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at…
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What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
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When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.
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No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.
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Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.
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Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.
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Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real.
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Work is life for me, it is the only point of life-and with it there is almost religious belief that…
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I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and…
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My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within…
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The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those…
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I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film.…
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Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica…
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If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
— Tallulah Bankhead
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As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will…
— Amy Adams
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Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.
— Amy Adams
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Some of these actresses or public personas who are very public about their disciplined diets, more power to them. I…
— Amy Adams
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I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in…
— Emmanuelle Beart
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I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be…
— Emmanuelle Beart
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As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress.
— Kate Beckinsale
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Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to…
— Monica Bellucci
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