Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE FRSAwas an English actor, writer, and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humorist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster, and television presenter. A noted wit and raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. He was also a respected intellectual and diplomat, who in addition to his various academic posts, served as a Goodwill Ambassador...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 April 1921
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.
As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.
That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.
The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.
If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.
I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.
Artificial glamor-false eyelashes, that sort of thing-usually is put on to hide a vacuum. The most beautiful face can only look vacuous if it masks an empty head.
People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights.
Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity.
I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.
British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.