Peter Sellers
Birthday: 8 September 1925, Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Richard Henry Sellers
Height: 174 cm
Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, Peter Sellers was born to a well-off English acting family in 1925. His mother and father worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. As a ...Show More
I'm a very ambitious person. I don't believe by any means that I've even begun to do what's inside m Show more
I'm a very ambitious person. I don't believe by any means that I've even begun to do what's inside me. I have a burning sort of fire inside me to do certain things which I know I'm going to do. I'm going to defeat all these berks that are around me and I'm going to do it. I mean, I have a name of being very difficult, I'm not difficult at all, I just cannot take mediocrity, I just cannot take it on any level. Hide
[on Goldie Hawn] In the fullest possible meaning of the word, she is so nice.
[on Goldie Hawn] In the fullest possible meaning of the word, she is so nice.
Women are more difficult to handle than men. It's their minds.
Women are more difficult to handle than men. It's their minds.
[April 1969, interview in "Nova" magazine] When I look at myself I see a person who strangely lacks Show more
[April 1969, interview in "Nova" magazine] When I look at myself I see a person who strangely lacks what I consider the ingredients for a personality. Hide
[on Blake Edwards' smash hit 10 (1979)] I turned down the lead role many, many times. I just didn't Show more
[on Blake Edwards' smash hit 10 (1979)] I turned down the lead role many, many times. I just didn't feel I was right for the part. Hide
[on Sophia Loren] I was never in love with any woman as deeply as I was with Sophia.
[on Sophia Loren] I was never in love with any woman as deeply as I was with Sophia.
There used to be a me behind the mask, but I had it surgically removed.
There used to be a me behind the mask, but I had it surgically removed.
You only know what happiness is once you're married. But then it's too late.
You only know what happiness is once you're married. But then it's too late.
[on developing a role for the screen] I walk around, trying different accents, feeling my way to the Show more
[on developing a role for the screen] I walk around, trying different accents, feeling my way to the character. I stare at my own image in the mirror every morning, waiting for the other fellow - the man I'm going to play - to emerge and stare back at me. I am waiting for the stranger to come into my life. When it happens, I have this flush of happiness. Hide
Most actors want to play "Othello", but all I've really wanted to play is Chance the Gardener. I fee Show more
Most actors want to play "Othello", but all I've really wanted to play is Chance the Gardener. I feel what the character, the story is all about is not merely the triumph of a simple man, an illiterate. It's God's message again that the meek shall inherit the earth. Hide
I writhe when I see myself on the screen. I'm such a dreadfully clumsy hulking image. I say to mysel Show more
I writhe when I see myself on the screen. I'm such a dreadfully clumsy hulking image. I say to myself, "Why doesn't he get off? Why doesn't he get off?" I mean, I look like such an idiot. Some fat awkward thing dredged up from some third-rate drama company. I must stop thinking about it, otherwise I shan't be able to go on working. Hide
To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to exper Show more
To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience. Hide
If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.
If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.
I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.
I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.
Peter Sellers's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (49)
Peter Sellers'S roles
Sir Guy Grand
Chance the Gardener
Hrundi V. Bakshi
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake
Clouseau
Fred Kite
Dr. Fritz Fassbender
Sidney Wang