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Peter Sellers
10 quotes
“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 (1925–1980) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement (September 1961), as quoted in Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers (1999) by Ed Sikov, p. 168
“There is no me. I do not exist … There used to be a me, but I had it surgically removed.”
Peter Sellers (1925–1980) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As "Himself" in The Muppet Show, episode # 2.19 (6 December 1977); also quoted in "Sellers Strikes Again"by Richard Schickel in TIME magazine (3 March 1980)
“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 (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1988) by Leslie Halliwell, p. 622
“People will swim through shit if you put a few bob in it.”
Peter Sellers (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1988) by Leslie Halliwell, p. 622
“To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience.”
Peter Sellers (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Hollywood Book of Extravagance: The Totally Infamous, Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America's Film and TV Idols (2007) by James Robert Parish, p. 93
“If I can't really find a way to live with myself, I can't expect anyone else to live with me.”
Peter Sellers (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Hollywood Book of Extravagance: The Totally Infamous, Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America's Film and TV Idols (2007) by James Robert Parish, p. 95
“I'm a classic example of all humorists — only funny when I'm working.”
Peter Sellers (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in I Am Your Father : What Every Heart Needs to Know (2010) by Mark Stibbe
“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 (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!”
Peter Sellers (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1925–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source