"I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder." — Laurence Olivier

It took me two years to walk around a chair with ease; it took me another two years to learn how to laugh onstage - and I had to learn everything.

A man's prime interest in life must be his work.

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.