Peter Sellers

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Richard Henry Sellers (8 September 1925 - 24 July 1980) British comedian and actor; better known by his stage name of Peter Sellers

See also: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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• You can't fight in here... this is the War Room!
  • As "President Merkin Muffley" in Dr. Strangelove (1964)

• We don't want to start a nuclear war unless we really have to, now do we Jack?
  • As "Captain Mandrake" to Colonel Jack Ripper in Dr. Strangelove (1964)

• Mein Führer! I can walk!
  • As "Dr. Strangelove" in Dr. Strangelove (1964)

• It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded.
  • As "Inspector Clouseau" in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

• Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary.
  • As "Mr. Wang" in Murder by Death (1976)

• I like to watch.
  • As "Chance" the gardener in Being There (1979)

• There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed.
  • As "Himself" in The Muppet Show, episode # 2.19 (6 December 1977)

Attributed

• Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this...

• I feel ghostly unreal until I become somebody else again on the screen.

• 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.

• 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.

• Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.

• There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed.
  • Variants: There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed.
    There used to be a me behind the mask, but I had it surgically removed.

• To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience.

• You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live.

External links

• Peter Sellers at the Internet Movie Database
  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
• Peter Sellers Site
• Being There" tribute site
• The Unknown Peter Sellers
• Inspector Clouseau tribute site
• Peter Sellers Appreciation Society

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