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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
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Laurence Olivier
Age: 82 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 22
Died: 1989
Died: July 11
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[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.
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The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.
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In spite of a heavy disguise, a few days' growth on my face, dark glasses, a beret and one of William's jackets that fitted me not at all, as I emerged from a hotel in Lecce, a young fisherman pointed me out to his friends and said Lavrenche Olivaire. It was not all that amazing if you're not known in Italy, you're not known anywhere.
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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.
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No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.
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Don't be afraid to be outrageous the critics will shoot you down anyway.
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Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.
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What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
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We used to have actresses trying to become stars now we have stars trying to become actresses.
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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.
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