Much of the day I have busied myself making notes on the small parts in Shakespeare, often nameless, which are rewarding to the actor if only he'll not dismiss them as beneath his dignity. If I can work it up into a talk I might call it, 'Only a cough and a spit ' -the phrase so often used by actors to explain away a lack of opportunity.
A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve. - Alec Guinness
A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.
- Alec Guinness
Styling is designing for obsolescence. - Alec Guinness
Styling is designing for obsolescence.
An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not, a craftsman, a bag of tricks, … - Alec Guinness
An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not, a craftsman, a bag of tricks, …
The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility. - Alec Guinness
The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.
I never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to become known to realize the advantages of o… - Alec Guinness
I never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to become known to realize the advantages of o…
An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance… - Alec Guinness
An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance…
I shrivel up every time someone mentions Star Wars to me. - Alec Guinness
I shrivel up every time someone mentions Star Wars to me.
An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize a group of innocents. - Alec Guinness
An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize a group of innocents.
Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994 - Alec Guinness
Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994
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