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I'm rather bored by the subjec...

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

If you're an artist, you've go...

If you're an artist, you've got to prove it.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Acting is illusion, as much il...

Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Work is life for me, it is the...

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 62 quotes

I often think that could we cr...

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

My stage successes have provid...

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

The office of drama is to exer...

The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Lead the audience by the nose ...

Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

You must have - besides intuit...

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?

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

In spite of a heavy disguise, ...

In spite of a heavy disguise, a few days' growth on my face, dark glasses, a beret and one of William's jackets that fitted me not at all, as I emerged from a hotel in Lecce, a young fisherman pointed me out to his friends and said 'Lavrenche Olivaire.' It was not all that amazing; if you're not known in Italy, you're not known anywhere.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Don't be afraid to be outrageo...

Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

You think you're an artist; pr...

You think you're an artist; prove it

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Of all the things I've done in...

Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest than an interpretive craftsman, such as an actor can possibly get to being a creator.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Life is enthusiasm, zest....

Life is enthusiasm, zest.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Autograph-hunting is the most ...

Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

I believe in the theater; I be...

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.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

There is a spirit in us that m...

There is a spirit in us that makes our brass to blare and our cymbals crash-all, of course, supported by the practicalities of trained lung power, throat, heart, guts.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

In the great wealth, the great...

In the great wealth, the great firmament of your nation's generosities this particular choice may perhaps be found by future generations as a trifle eccentric, but the mere fact of it . . . the prodigal, pure, human kindness of it . . . must be seen as a beautiful star in that firmament which shines upon me at this moment, dazzling me a little, but filling me with warmth of the extraordinary elation, the euphoria that happens to so many of us at the first breath of the majestic glow of a new tomorrow.

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

The humility to prepare and th...

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

Laurence Olivier 62 quotes

Striving for perfection is the...

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

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Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....