"You must have - besides intuition and sensitivity……" — Laurence Olivier
"You must have - besides intuition and sensitivity - a cutting edge that allows you to reach what you need. Also, you have to know life - bastards included - and it takes a bit of one to know one, don't you think?"
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41 Quotes by Laurence Olivier
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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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