Laurence Olivier Quotes

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.

~ Laurence Olivier

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

~ Laurence Olivier

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

Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

~ Laurence Olivier

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.

~ Laurence Olivier

We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.

~ Laurence Olivier