Peter Cook
Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cookwas an English actor, satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, Cook is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was closely associated with the anti-establishment comedy that emerged in Britain and the United States in the late 1950s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 November 1937
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My biggest regret in life is saving David Frost from drowning
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I'd be very surprised if he wasn't picked for Germany now. His confidence is sky high, he's in the form of his life and that's what it's all about as a keeper.
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Job was what you'd technically describe as a loony.
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I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned... I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
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You realize that suicide's a criminal offense — In less enlightened times they'd have hung you for it.
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The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can see the eyes follow you around the room.
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The garden of Eden was a boggy swamp just south of Croydon. You can see it over there.
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We exchanged many frank words in our respective languages.
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I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold of the wrong load of trappings, and a rotten load they are too, ones I could have very well done without.
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I didn't know dirty words could be done that artfully.
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All right, You Great Git, You've asked for it. I'll cover the world in Tastee-Freez and Wimpy Burgers. I'll fill it with concrete runways, motorways, aircraft, television, automobiles, advertising, plastic flowers, frozen food and supersonic bangs. I'll make it so noisy and disgusting that even You'll be ashamed of Yourself! No wonder You've so few friends. You're unbelievable!
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Everything I've ever told you, including this, is a lie.
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Now I tell you the downside of this is you feel awful, but the upside is you feel terrific.
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I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.