Michael James:
In Britain, we have a national therapy, we call it cricket. Unlike other sports, it doesn't involve anxieties or pressures. It's leisurely and lyrical. It's the song of willow on leather.
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Is there any sex in it?
Michael James: Oh, no. This is a game for gentlemen, played by gentlemen.
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: It's sick, sick.
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Is there any sex in it?
Michael James: Oh, no. This is a game for gentlemen, played by gentlemen.
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: It's sick, sick.
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
Victor Skakapopulis:
Do you have any salt?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Have I got any salt? I got a boat, I got kerosene, matches, firecrackers, two swords, and this flag. But, I ain't got no salt.
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Have I got any salt? I got a boat, I got kerosene, matches, firecrackers, two swords, and this flag. But, I ain't got no salt.
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
Mrs. Emma Bulstrode, Dress Shop Proprietor:
We have to perform miracles to make beauties out of these girls.
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn: That's more than their mother could do.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in Waltz of the Toreadors
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn: That's more than their mother could do.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in Waltz of the Toreadors
Mrs. Kite:
[talking about their daughter Cynthia] She just wants a bit of fun.
Fred Kite: Yes, and she makes sure she gets it.
--Peter Sellers (as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway) in I'm All Right Jack
Fred Kite: Yes, and she makes sure she gets it.
--Peter Sellers (as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway) in I'm All Right Jack
Aldo Vanucci:
[to the police chief] In films either you have got a face or you don't got a face. You have got a face.
--Peter Sellers (as Aldo Vanucci) in After the Fox
--Peter Sellers (as Aldo Vanucci) in After the Fox
Aldo Vanucci:
Aagghh! If only I could steal enough to become an honest man!
--Peter Sellers (as Aldo Vanucci) in After the Fox
--Peter Sellers (as Aldo Vanucci) in After the Fox
Aldo Vanucci:
Because I am a small crook, I go to prison. It's only the big crooks that go free. Is that justice?
--Peter Sellers (as Aldo Vanucci) in After the Fox
--Peter Sellers (as Aldo Vanucci) in After the Fox
Clare Quilty:
[looks at bullet hole] Gee... right in the boxing glove.
--Peter Sellers (as Clare Quilty) in Lolita
--Peter Sellers (as Clare Quilty) in Lolita
Clare Quilty:
Listen, didn't you... didn't you have a daughter? Didn't you have a daughter with a lovely name? Yeah! A lovely... What was it now? A lovely, lyrical, lilting name, like, uh... uh...
Charlotte Haze: Lo-li-ta!
Clare Quilty: Lolita, that's right, Lolita. Diminutive of Dolores, "The Tears and the Roses."
Charlotte Haze: Wednesday she's going to have a cavity filled by your Uncle Ivor.
Clare Quilty: Yes. Hahahahaha... Yes.
--Peter Sellers (as Clare Quilty) in Lolita
Charlotte Haze: Lo-li-ta!
Clare Quilty: Lolita, that's right, Lolita. Diminutive of Dolores, "The Tears and the Roses."
Charlotte Haze: Wednesday she's going to have a cavity filled by your Uncle Ivor.
Clare Quilty: Yes. Hahahahaha... Yes.
--Peter Sellers (as Clare Quilty) in Lolita
Doctor Pratt:
Well, it'll cost you five shillings.
Morris Finsbury: Price is no object.
Doctor Pratt: Right. Ten shillings, then. Payable in advance.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Wrong Box
Morris Finsbury: Price is no object.
Doctor Pratt: Right. Ten shillings, then. Payable in advance.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Wrong Box
