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
Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved.
Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.
Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.
To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
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.
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.
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.