Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers, CBEwas an English film actor, comedian and singer. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a number of hit comic songs and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film characterisations, among them Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series of films...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 September 1925
Peter Sellers quotes about
american-author behind
There used to be a me behind the mask, but I had it surgically removed.
good storm timing
The timing of the storm is good for us.
american-author
There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed.
spiritual space impact
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.
used used-to-be
There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed.
labels comedy defeat
To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.
problem
I am here to fix the problem with yer pheaun.
dies
You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live.
easy pink-panther
It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded.
robots drs body
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!"
kindness bombs pink-panther
François: Do you know what kind of a bomb it was? Clouseau: Yes, the exploding kind.
example classic humorists
I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.
television unnecessary conversation
Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary.
way-to-live way ifs
If I can't really find a way to live with myself, I can't expect anyone else to live with me.