Sir Laurence Olivier gives his take on directors and film-craft (1973). These clips from “The Dick Cavett Show” are pure gold, I do get lost in them from time to time. I am very intrigued by Laurence Olivier, he’s very enigmatic to me. Very highly decorated and celebrated but, by various accounts, very humble and even insecure as to his own ability. Is this what kept him working and evolving as an artist for decades? Would he have been as great if he approached his work differently? He always st

Laurence Olivier delivers one of his finest screen performances in The Entertainer, a brilliantly caustic portrait of an ageing music-hall veteran that earned Olivier an Oscar nomination. Out on BFI Blu-ray 26 November. | BFI

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12K views · 238 reactions | Sir Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton both do a cracking impression of Laurence Olivier, one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time, but who do you think does it best? Watch below to decide #Shakespeare400 | BBC Arts | Facebook