Alec Guinness Quotes

Alec Guinness — English Actor born on April 02, 1914, died on August 05, 2000

Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE was an English actor. After an early career on the stage he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations , Fagin in Oliver Twist , Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia , General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago , and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India . He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor... (wikipedia)

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.

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

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