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.
american-author
There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed.
labels comedy defeat
To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.
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.
used has-beens
When you have been killed as many times as I have, you get used to it.
party should-have feet
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.
daughter hands two
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.
relaxation relax said
Relax, I'll get it. (said to Kato after Clouseau knocks him unconscious)