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Laurence Olivier

"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."

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"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."

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"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."
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"I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act."
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"Lead the audience by the nose to the thought."
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"We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings."
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"I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it."
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"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."
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