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Quotes by 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 (1907 - 1989)
Source: Olivier on Acting in New York Times, 26 Oct 1986.
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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 (1907 - 1989)
Source: Look Magazine, 27 Jan 1970.
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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 (1907 - 1989)
Source: Los Aangeles Times, 26 Feb 1978.
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I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989)
Source: Reader's Digest, Dec 1989.
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Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989)
Source: Olivier on Acting in New York Times, 26 Oct 1986.
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On belief that John Gielgud was infatuated with his own voice: If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.

Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989)
Source: On Acting, Simon & Schuster 86, quoted by Robert Brustein, New Republic, 3 Nov 86
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Robert Brustein on Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking for a place to deposit its droppings.

Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989)
Source: New Republic, 3 Nov 1986.
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989)
 
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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 (1907 - 1989)
Source: Olivier on Acting in New York Times, 26 Oct 1986.
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On resentment at his forced retirement from the stage after he was fired by Britain's National Theater, My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.

Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989)
Source: On Acting, Simon & Schuster 86, quoted by Robert Brustein, New Republic, 3 Nov 86
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