"Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real."

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Source : "Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage". Book by William C. Young, 1975.

Laurence Olivier

#Real Quotes #Magic Quotes #Acting Quotes

“I'm a very romantic person.”
“You know, there's a certain irony in the fact that our lives and perhaps the lives of everyone on Earth may depend on Captain Patterson's sex appeal.”
“science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you.”
“As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentiful gifts which tumble out of the horn of plenty, which is to say there is a source so sweet and forgiving and generous that I pray every day to let that source be my guide.”
“Faith works miracles. At least it allows time for them.”

Source : George Meredith (1922). “The Complete Works of George Meredith”, p.3540, Library of Alexandria
“Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating.”
“Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.”
“The reality is that most gay couples don't want to adopt a child. Those who do, though, are often prepared to devote themselves entirely to their adoptive child.”

Source : "On Being Gay, Conservative and Catholic". SPIEGEL interview, www.transcend.org. November 23, 2012.

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