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Laurence Olivier Quotes: "The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off."

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



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best."

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.




Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Have a very good reason for everything you do."

Have a very good reason for everything you do.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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.




Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience."

The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength."

Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.




Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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

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



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy."

No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God."

Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture."

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Lead the audience by the nose to the thought."

Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?"

What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway."

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



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea."

Above all, you must remain open and fresh and alive to any new idea.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Acting is an everlasting search for truth."

Acting is an everlasting search for truth.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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.



Laurence Olivier 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."

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 Quotes: "We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings."

We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Life is enthusiasm, zest."

Life is enthusiasm, zest.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act."

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Acting, is not a profession for adults."

Acting, is not a profession for adults.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Without acting, I cannot breathe."

Without acting, I cannot breathe.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "[May 1958, on playing Macbeth at age 30 and age 48] When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part."

[May 1958, on playing Macbeth at age 30 and age 48] When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses."

We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey."

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "If you're an artist, you've got to prove it."

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



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "You think you're an artist; prove it"

You think you're an artist; prove it



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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 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 Quotes: "My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."

My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything."

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 Quotes: "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?"

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?



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor."

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "I have to act to live."

I have to act to live.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time - every time I have a birthday."

Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time - every time I have a birthday.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "I take a simple view of living. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it."

I take a simple view of living. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Life is enthusiasm zest."

Life is enthusiasm zest.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "I know it was wonderful but I don't know how I did it."

I know it was wonderful but I don't know how I did it.



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real."

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



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?"

[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?



Laurence Olivier Quotes: "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."

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.