Children Quote by Patrick Stewart

Now, when I talk about Shakespeare, I can't talk too much about Gielgud or Olivier. Because nobody knows who I'm talking about.

— Roger Rees

I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. Ive…

— Kenneth Branagh

I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age…

— Ian Holm

When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence…

— Helen Mirren

To have a childhood surrounded by people like Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh sounds glitzy, but for years I wanted to repress it.…

— Michael Korda

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen.

— Alice Ripley

I thought every other kid was like me. I'd watch films and act them out on my own and wish I could be one…

— Kimberley Nixon

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

— Tracey Ullman

The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these English movies…

— Randeep Hooda

I was Aladdin, and then I was Captain Von Trapp from 'Sound Of Music' when I was 7 or 8, and then King Arthur.…

— Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes…

— Laura Dern

Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare.

— Leslie Nielsen