Peter Sellers Professions : Film actor Born : September 8, 1925 Died : July 24, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 45 quotes by Peter Sellers Vocal music is an attempt to take the whole human being and project it into space. It is the ultimate gesture of getting out of yourself. You take a part of you that is most private, most personal, most inward and you hurl it out into space - you project it as far as you can. That gesture of opining this whole region of the body results in an enormous spiritual release, and is felt by other people with tremendous impact. Peter Sellers impact space spiritual You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live. Peter Sellers dies If I can't really find a way to live with myself, I can't expect anyone else to live with me. Peter Sellers way-to-live ifs way Clouseau: Does yer dewg bite? Inn Keeper: No Clouseau: Nice Doggy (bends down to pet a dachshund - it snarls and bites him) I thought you said yer dewg did not bite! Inn Keeper: Zat . . . iz not my dog! Peter Sellers nice pet dog Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat. Peter Sellers labels faces reality Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this. Peter Sellers conclusion let-me justice It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded. Peter Sellers pink-panther easy I am here to fix the problem with yer pheaun. Peter Sellers problem There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed. Peter Sellers used-to-be used To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat. Peter Sellers defeat comedy labels Criticism should be done by critics, and a critic should have some training and some love of the medium he is discussing. But these days, gossip-columnist training seems to be enough qualification. I suppose an ability to stand on your feet through interminable cocktail parties and swig interminable gins in between devouring masses of fried prawns may just possibly help you to understand and appreciate what a director is getting at, but for the life of me I can't see how. Peter Sellers party should-have feet Facts - behind them lies the whole fabric of deductive truth. Peter Sellers truth lying reality François: Do you know what kind of a bomb it was? Clouseau: Yes, the exploding kind. Peter Sellers pink-panther bombs kindness If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am. Peter Sellers ask-me knows play I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working. Peter Sellers humorists classic example I writhe when I see myself on the screen. I'm such a dreadfully clumsy hulking image. I say to myself, "Why doesn't he get off? Why doesn't he get off?" I mean, I look like such an idiot. Some fat awkward thing dredged up from some third-rate drama company. I must stop thinking about it, otherwise I shan't be able to go on working. Peter Sellers drama mean thinking Is there anybody hiding there in the dark? Peter Sellers hiding darkness dark Ecstatic over the total annihilation of the Earth, Dr. Strangelove "resurrects" himself, miraculously regaining his ability to walk. His mechanical, robot-like body rises out of his wheelchair, crying exultantly: "Sir! I have a plan. Heh." (He realizes he is standing up.) "Mein Fuehrer, I can walk!" Peter Sellers robots drs body Now then, what do we know? One, that Professor Fassbinder and his daughter have been kidnapped. Two, that someone has kidnapped them. Three, that my hand is on fire. Peter Sellers daughter two hands Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. Peter Sellers movie inspirational funny Similar Authors Ivan Heng film-actor Boman Irani film-actor Burt Lancaster film-actor Bud Jamison film-actor Bruce Campbell film-actor Broderick Crawford film-actor All Authors
