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
I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why I cried. You never did that. You led me into temptation by your — politeness.
If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.
The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.
uncontrolled photography is one of the blights of our time.
People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom
I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.