Peter Alexander Ustinov, 1921 - 2004
Photo by Allan Warren (1973)
Born: 16 April 1921, London, England
Died: 28 March 2004, Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland
Peter Alexander Ustinov was born just months after his mother arrived from Saint Petersburg. Ustinov left school at 16 to become an actor, first appearing on stage in 1938. As a private in the British Army's Royal Sussex Regiment he served as Lt. Col. David Niven's batman. After the war he acted on stage and in films, earning two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, and he portrayed Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in several films. In addition to his wit in English, he was fluent in five other languages. He served as an ambassador for UNICEF and was knighted in 1990.
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- A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally. permalink
Peter Ustinov - At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them. permalink
Peter Ustinov - By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. permalink
Peter Ustinov - Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. permalink
Peter Ustinov - I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World. permalink
Peter Ustinov - I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. permalink
Peter Ustinov - I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. permalink
Peter Ustinov
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