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.
~ Laurence Olivier
[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real.
I know it was wonderful but I don't know how I did it.
Have a very good reason for everything you do.
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.
