Humorous Quotes attributed to Laurence Olivier
1907-1989, British Acting Legend

(Confessions of an Actor)

A professional amateur (on Marilyn Monroe).

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Apart from her looks, which were magical, she possessed beautiful poise; her neck looked almost too fragile to support her head and bore with it a sense of surprise, and something of the pride of the master juggler who can make a brilliant maneuver appear almost accidental.(on Vivien Leigh)

Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity.

I like Paris. My problem is I don't like Parisians.

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.

I'd like (people) to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

My dear boy, why don't you try acting? (on the set of 'Marathon Man', to Dustin Hoffman, who had announced that he'd gone 3 days without sleep in order to 'become' his character)

Noel Coward once said that the only real use of a director was to stop the actors from bumping into each other. (Confessions of an Actor)

The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

The title “art director” identifies the person who translates into large stand-up sets what the “designer” has scribbled on the back of an envelope. (Confessions of an Actor)

We were like brother and sister, just as she always wanted. But fortunately, occasional incest was allowed. (on ex-wife Vivien Leigh)

When troubles come they come not single spies but in battalions. They also have cutest way of pushing all other troops aside; troubles have not the faintest conception of what “being in turn” means. (Confessions of an Actor)

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.

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