Richard III’ is a really difficult play to film – it’s involved, often obscure. I felt it absolutely necessary to do more simplification than I’ve ever done before. Laurence Olivier Read Quote
I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder. Laurence Olivier Read Quote
It took me two years to walk around a chair with ease; it took me another two years to learn how to laugh onstage – and I had to learn everything. Laurence Olivier Read Quote
I can’t think I’ve ever loved anybody quite as much… My mother was my life, really; she was my entire world. Laurence Olivier Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself. Laurence Olivier Read Quote
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are – politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings. Laurence Olivier Read Quote
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 Read Quote
