The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes.
Source: On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film, in New Republic, 3 Nov 1986.
-- Robert Brustein, (Apr 21 1927-____), US edcuator, critic, author; He was dean of the Yale School of Drama and the founder/director of the American Repertory Theater.