If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life — it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness." - Meaning and context.">
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Laurence Olivier, as quoted in Laurence Olivier (1979) by Foster Hirsch, p. 166
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If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life — it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

— Acting

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life — it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness." in the context of "Laurence Olivier, as quoted in Laurence Olivier (1979) by Foster Hirsch, p. 166" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Acting

About Acting

Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, video games, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.