I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.

—Sir Ralph Richardson

About Sir Ralph Richardson

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Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor. Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, and Laurence Olivier, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. Neverthless, he worked in films throughout most...

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Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

—Sir Ralph Richardson

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Acting like someone you're not is exactly what it takes to realize you're capable of more than you ever knew.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of a fool, and he must be no simpleton who plays the part.

—Miguel de Cervantes

There's a rule in acting called, "Don't play the result." If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result.

—Michael J. Fox

Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of something he doesn't want to know is a survival skill, this is how women have survived through the millennia.

—Meryl Streep

While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world.

—Meryl Streep

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