Laurence Olivier

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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (pron.: /ˈlɒrəns ɵˈlɪvi.eɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was a British actor, director, and producer. An Anglican clergyman's son, Olivier became determined early on to master Shakespeare, and eventually came to be regarded as one of the foremost Shakespeare interpreters of the 20th century. His three Shakespeare films as actor-director, Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955), are among the pinnacles of the bard at the cinema. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Laurence+Olivier">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

1. Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report)

   · 2015 · cited 18,868x

2. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,412x

3. New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

   · 2010 · cited 16,713x

4. SwissADME: a free web tool to evaluate pharmacokinetics, drug-likeness and medicinal chemistry friendliness of small molecules

   · 2017 · cited 15,188x

5. A Simple, Fast, and Accurate Algorithm to Estimate Large Phylogenies by Maximum Likelihood

   · 2003 · cited 14,313x

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Quotes

• “Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is — and not so much a matter of being real. I mean, I would probably shock Lee Strasberg.”
• “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.”
• “Never. The shot is too big for the cannon.”
• “I think that bloody old National nearly killed me.”
• “Like coming for a living.”

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