Laurence Olivier Quotes
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Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.
— Laurence Olivier
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
— Laurence Olivier
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book.
— Laurence Olivier
Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea.
— Laurence Olivier
I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor - to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.
— Laurence Olivier
But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
— Patrick Stewart
Have a very good reason for everything you do.
— Laurence Olivier
The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.
— Laurence Olivier
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
Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity.
— Laurence Olivier
You think you're an artist; prove it
— Laurence Olivier
Life is enthusiasm, zest.
— Laurence Olivier
When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.
— Laurence Olivier
We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.
— Laurence Olivier
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.
— Laurence Olivier
Acting, is not a profession for adults.
— Laurence Olivier
If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights.
— Laurence Olivier
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I saw A Little Romance [and] I was so in love with Laurence Olivier. I watched that movie over and over and just fell in love with love.
— Jennifer Aniston
No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.
— Laurence Olivier
Work is life for me, it is the only point of life-and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.
— Laurence Olivier
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
— Laurence Olivier
A fan once stopped me outside a theatre and gave me as a gift a signed photograph of Sir Laurence Olivier. It was strange, but nice, too.
— David Alan Basche
Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.
— Laurence Olivier
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[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
— Laurence Olivier
The Brits are ghastly. I never would accept a Brit. It would be like Laurence Olivier being happy getting a TV Times award.
— Steven Morrissey
The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.
— Laurence Olivier
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.
— Laurence Olivier
I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.
— Laurence Olivier
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
— Laurence Olivier
Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.
— Laurence Olivier
Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real.
— Laurence Olivier
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.
— Laurence Olivier
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.
— Laurence Olivier
Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.
— Laurence Olivier
Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.
— Laurence Olivier
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.
— Laurence Olivier
I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.
— Denzel Washington
Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.
— Laurence Olivier
I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.
— Stacy Keach
Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.
— Laurence Olivier
Without acting, I cannot breathe.
— Laurence Olivier
