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
The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.
I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.
At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.
By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.
World Government is not only possible, it is inevitable; and when it comes, it will appeal to patriotism in its truest sense,in its only sense, the patriotism of humans who love their national heritages so deeply that they wish to preserve them in safety for the common good.
Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
Laughter... the most civilized music in the world.