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Quotes of Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier Photo Gallery
Laurence Olivier Photo and Biography
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Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real. (actors)
Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word. (life)
What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? (actors)
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand. (actors)
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Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. (actors)
I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life size. (theatre)
Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. (actors)
Without acting I cannot breathe. (actors)
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act. (actors)
Work is life for me, it is the only point of life-and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything. (work - idleness)
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act. (actors)
I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. (life)
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture. (theatre)
Have a very good reason for everything you do. (acts)
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