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.
From Laurence Olivier
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
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.
Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.
My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.
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.
Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time - every time I have a birthday.
Nine books have been written about me, and there's not a word of truth in any of them.
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