Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OMwas an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 May 1907
art thinking needs
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.
acting adults profession
Acting, is not a profession for adults.
film moments best-moments
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.
religious belief religious-belief
Work is life for me, it is the only point of life-and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.
life disappointment sunset
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.
believe dynamics firsts
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.
boredom comfort yoke
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.
acting theatre everlasting
Acting is an everlasting search for truth.
honey moments lost
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.
sleep home feelings
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.
lying acting should
I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying and when I am not. For what is acting but lying and what is good acting but convincing lying?
lying acting convincing
What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
theatre
I have to act to live.
cutting thinking intuition
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?