Olivier Quotes
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.
And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing.
And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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.
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.
The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.
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.
No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.
Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is - and not so much a matter of being real.
I like people who are powerful, confident, and fearless. Balmain is about an attitude. I think if Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor were alive, they would definitely be part of the Balmain crew.
What is the Balmain girl? It’s a woman who knows what she wants and is going to express it
It is therefore essential to let the 'heart spirit' settle like calm water. Then it becomes a tranquil lake in which the sky is reflected, in which the face of Christ can be seen.
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 don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.
It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet.
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.
I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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.
When you become controversial, when you want to promote new ideas, you need to be the face of it and not be scared.
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.
I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.
My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith.
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.
The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.
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.
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.
It's really sad to me that we even have to talk about diversity in the fashion world today. That I would love to change. Diversity should be normal.
