The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass.
タグ: emotions, purpose, tears, light

"Laurence Olivier"の他の名言

Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.
タグ: disappointment, time, today, love
'Richard III' is a really difficult play to film - it's involved, often obscure. I felt it absolutely necessary to do more simplification than I've ever done before.
タグ: play, done, difficult, more
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
タグ: hand, actor, create, universe
I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder.
タグ: used, up, ladder, journey
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
タグ: mimic, ape, mock, act
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