31 Quotes by Alec Guinness

  • Author Alec Guinness
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    An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

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  • Author Alec Guinness
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    A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

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    Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

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    Luke : How did my father die? Obi-Wan : A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi knights. He betrayed and murdered your father.

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  • Author Alec Guinness
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    Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution.

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