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Laurence Olivier, Sir Quotes

«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.»
«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.»
«The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.»
«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. Art is a little bit larger than life- it's an exhalation of life and I think I you probably need a little touch of madness.»
«Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.»
«What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?»
«Without acting I cannot breathe.»
«We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.»
«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.»
«I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.»

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