Top 62 Quotes & Sayings by Laurence Olivier - Page 2

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.
A sexual athlete is not likely to find sufficient energy for work of another athletic kind, and the acting of great parts most definitely was and always will be athletic, depending on inner if not on visible energy. Members of other professions that depend on the expenditure of physical energy must, I believe, find similar difficulties when attempting to double up on their energies. One has often heard that the most magnificent specimens of boxers, wrestlers and champions in almost every branch of athletic sport prove to be disappointing upon the removal of that revered jockstrap.
We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses. — © Laurence Olivier
We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.
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