1. strangewood:

Peter SellersSeptember 8, 1925 — July, 24 1980
“He’s the hardest worker I know. I’d come into the [Dr. Strangelove] studio at seven o’clock in the morning and there would be Peter Sellers. Waiting, ready. Full of ideas. When you are inspired and professionally accomplished as Peter, the only limit to the importance of your work is your willingness to take chances. I believe Peter will take the most incredible chances with a characterization, and he is receptive to comic ideas most of his contemporaries would think unfunny and meaningless. This has, in my view, made his best work absolutely unique and important. […]
He has the ability to go into the area where it’s like a dream. He can go into surrealism and keep his other leg in reality. He can do things which are not real—for instance, it’s almost inconceivable that anybody could behave as Strangelove does in the last scene, with the hand. I suppose even a psychotic personality wouldn’t really behave that way. But it’s something somebody might do in a dream.” — Stanley Kubrick

Peter Sellers in The Party..one of my top favorites..

    strangewood:

    Peter Sellers
    September 8, 1925 — July, 24 1980

    “He’s the hardest worker I know. I’d come into the [Dr. Strangelove] studio at seven o’clock in the morning and there would be Peter Sellers. Waiting, ready. Full of ideas. When you are inspired and professionally accomplished as Peter, the only limit to the importance of your work is your willingness to take chances. I believe Peter will take the most incredible chances with a characterization, and he is receptive to comic ideas most of his contemporaries would think unfunny and meaningless. This has, in my view, made his best work absolutely unique and important. […]

    He has the ability to go into the area where it’s like a dream. He can go into surrealism and keep his other leg in reality. He can do things which are not real—for instance, it’s almost inconceivable that anybody could behave as Strangelove does in the last scene, with the hand. I suppose even a psychotic personality wouldn’t really behave that way. But it’s something somebody might do in a dream.” — Stanley Kubrick

    Peter Sellers in The Party..one of my top favorites..

  2. Casino Royale was a chore to watch. If I’m correct, this James Bond (played by Peter Sellers) reputation is in jeopardy. He goes out to create duplicates of himself in order to stop a petty fool (played by Woody Allen). It was a ridiculous movie to begin with and, I feel, plays as a terrible spoof of the Bond films. If there was anything interesting to point out, it was the beautiful, elaborate sets and the surprising cameos (like Belmondo and Welles). Not recommended..

    Casino Royale was a chore to watch. If I’m correct, this James Bond (played by Peter Sellers) reputation is in jeopardy. He goes out to create duplicates of himself in order to stop a petty fool (played by Woody Allen). It was a ridiculous movie to begin with and, I feel, plays as a terrible spoof of the Bond films. If there was anything interesting to point out, it was the beautiful, elaborate sets and the surprising cameos (like Belmondo and Welles). Not recommended..

  3. oldhollywood:

Peter Sellers in Being There (1979, dir. Hal Ashby) (via)

    oldhollywood:

    Peter Sellers in Being There (1979, dir. Hal Ashby) (via)

  4. oldhollywood:

“As far as I’m aware, I’m nothing. I have no personality of my own whatsoever. I have no character to offer the public. I have nothing to project.
…When I look at myself I see a person who strangely lacks what I consider the ingredients for a personality. I can see personality in other people but I can’t see any in myself. One feels that perhaps through playing so many characters one becomes a sort of nil on one’s own account.”
-Peter Sellers, quoted in The Many Voices of Peter Sellers (UPI, 6/1980)

from inspector clouseau to dr. strangelove, he’s great.

    oldhollywood:

    “As far as I’m aware, I’m nothing. I have no personality of my own whatsoever. I have no character to offer the public. I have nothing to project.

    …When I look at myself I see a person who strangely lacks what I consider the ingredients for a personality. I can see personality in other people but I can’t see any in myself. One feels that perhaps through playing so many characters one becomes a sort of nil on one’s own account.”

    -Peter Sellers, quoted in The Many Voices of Peter Sellers (UPI, 6/1980)

    from inspector clouseau to dr. strangelove, he’s great.