Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM ( May 1907 – 11 July 1989), was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British...
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act. Laurence Olivier
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.
I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. Laurence Olivier
I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself. Laurence Olivier
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey. Laurence Olivier
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings. Laurence Olivier
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.
Lead the audience by the nose to the thought. Laurence Olivier
Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.
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
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.
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act. Laurence Olivier
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. Laurence Olivier
When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.
Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. Laurence Olivier
Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.
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
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. Laurence Olivier
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.