Laurence Olivier Quotes

My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.

Laurence Olivier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989

Topics

MyselfBestMeMomentsOutsideFilm

I would always pick pop songs and would sing them even if they were not correct for the audition - which didn't always get me a lot of jobs, but sometimes they did.

Andrew Rannells

MeSometimesAlwaysGetSingPop

I want to be able to make people laugh as hard as they possibly can, and I really think they need that.

Andrew Dice Clay

PeopleThinkLaughWantNeedHard

There is no question: the Hollywood crowd predominantly supports Democrats.

Steve Mnuchin

HollywoodQuestionDemocratsCrowd

In England, unless I am mistaken, I think some of the politicians who love classical music and opera are a bit loath to be seen there in case people think it is elitist. That is a real shame because it also means we are not allowing our politicians a hinterland that an earlier generation, a Denis Healey, would have taken for granted.

Simon Rattle

LoveMusicI AmPeopleThinkShame

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

Martin Yan

CookingChildCollegeChefDinner

Nothing important has ever come out of San Francisco, Rice-a-Roni aside.

Michael O'Donoghue

ImportantNothingOutSan Francisco

I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.

Jared Harris

AcceptanceFunThinkSpeechActor

Whenever somebody folds, say, 'Good laydown.' It encourages them to fold on a later hand because it makes them feel like you had the best hand even if you were bluffing. It's an odd form of flattery that seems to work at the poker table.

Cheryl Hines

WorkGoodBestFeelYouTable

I guess what I've learned is that there are no boundaries when it comes to imagination. It's limitless.

Cliff Martinez

ImaginationBoundariesLimitless

The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase.

Claire Danes

TimeOutJustTwentiesGladPhase

If you're running a dictatorship, you don't really have to worry about the welfare or the property rights of the ordinary citizen. Only the people who keep you in power, a very small group, matter.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

William Gilmore Simms

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