Ralph Richardson
Birthday: 19 December 1902, Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Birth Name: Ralph David Richardson
Height: 183 cm
Sir Ralph Richardson was one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century English-language theater, ascending to the height of his profession in the mid-1930s when he became a star in London's West ...Show More
Film is a wonderful medium and I love it, but I find that I cannot increase my talent by working in Show more
Film is a wonderful medium and I love it, but I find that I cannot increase my talent by working in pictures, any more than a painter can do so by increasing the size of his brush. Hide
I've never been one of those stage chaps who scoff at films. I think they're a marvellous medium, an Show more
I've never been one of those stage chaps who scoff at films. I think they're a marvellous medium, and are to the stage what engravings are to paintings. Hide
My idea of a director is a chap who puts me in the middle of a stage and shines a bright light on me Show more
My idea of a director is a chap who puts me in the middle of a stage and shines a bright light on me. Hide
Acting on the screen is like acting under a microscope. The slightest movement becomes a gesture and Show more
Acting on the screen is like acting under a microscope. The slightest movement becomes a gesture and therefore the discipline has to be very severe. Hide
The art of acting lies in keeping people from coughing.
The art of acting lies in keeping people from coughing.
Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
Did you ever have a vision of the place we came from before we were born? I did, when I was about th Show more
Did you ever have a vision of the place we came from before we were born? I did, when I was about three years old. I used to dream about it. I even drew pictures of it. It looked rather like Mexico. Hide
You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly Show more
You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator. Hide
I have put on so many make-ups that sometimes I have feared that when I go to wipe it off there will Show more
I have put on so many make-ups that sometimes I have feared that when I go to wipe it off there will be nobody left underneath. Hide
I don't like my face at all. It's always been a great drawback to me.
I don't like my face at all. It's always been a great drawback to me.
Actors never retire; they just get offered fewer parts.
Actors never retire; they just get offered fewer parts.
Ralph Richardson'S roles
