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'Richard III' is a really dif...

'Richard III' is a really difficult play to film - it's involved, often obscure. I felt it absolutely necessary to do more simplification than I've ever done before.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

I'm rather bored by the subje...

I'm rather bored by the subject - meaning me. It's a sort of a yoke, but at times you know, a yoke is a kind of comfort. And it's always there.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Art is a little bit larger th...

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 62 quotes

The humility to prepare and t...

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

What is the main problem of t...

What is the main problem of the actor? It is to keep the audience awake, and not let them go to sleep, then wake up and go home feeling they've wasted their money.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Scratch an actor and you'll f...

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Striving for perfection is th...

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

It took me two years to walk ...

It took me two years to walk around a chair with ease; it took me another two years to learn how to laugh onstage - and I had to learn everything.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Living is strife and torment,...

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.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

I take a simple view of life:...

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We...

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

I can't think I've ever loved...

I can't think I've ever loved anybody quite as much... My mother was my life, really; she was my entire world.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

The actor should be able to c...

The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

My stage successes have provi...

My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Nine books have been written ...

Nine books have been written about me, and there's not a word of truth in any of them.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

I believe that in a great cit...

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.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

I often think that could we c...

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 62 quotes

Nobody is going to pretend th...

Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time - every time I have a birthday.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

I'd like people to remember m...

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

If I wasn't an actor, I think...

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 62 quotes

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