I've heard that Laurence Olivier claimed that his acting was "pure technique". What does he means by this? I've read that Olivier was against method acting and said he thought "everyone had their own method". I think acting is more simple than teachers make it out to be, so I'm inclined to believe that any method just gets in the way of acting.

What does Olivier mean by his own acting being "pure technique" when he was so against "method acting"?