Frases célebres de Laurence Olivier
Fuente: [Albaigès Olivart] (1997), p. 263
“Actuar es una forma masoquista de exhibicionismo. No es ocupación para un adulto.”
Fuente: [Albaigès Olivart] (1997), p. 72
Fuente: [Albaigès Olivart] (1997), p. 222
Laurence Olivier: Frases en inglés
As quoted in Laurence Olivier (1979) by Foster Hirsch, p. 166
Contexto: 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. 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.
“Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is — and not so much a matter of being real.”
As quoted in Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage (1975) by William C. Young, p. 885
Contexto: Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is — and not so much a matter of being real. I mean, I would probably shock Lee Strasberg.
“I think that bloody old National nearly killed me.”
On the Royal National Theatre, as quoted in Olivier (2005) by Terry Coleman
“Never. The shot is too big for the cannon.”
On filming Shakespeare, before he did it, as quoted in Olivier (2005) by Terry Coleman
On acting to a live audience, as quoted in Olivier (2005) by Terry Coleman
