Peter Sellers Interview 1978 Brian Linehan's City Lights

[@danielclermont4631]

Best and funniest actor ever..

[@GCAT-zv9in]

I love Peter Sellers, the actor, the comic, the man. He was perhaps a challenging partner, but also a loyal friend. He had physical timing,. mental clarity, emotional availability and was a dedicated spiritual seeker. All in all a well rounded man. His comedy remains fresh and for all of us to enjoy. I thank him for sharing his gift.

[@drumgold23]

GCAT 1.618 He was an absolute cunt by all accounts. Read about how he treated his wives and children and how violent and abusive he was towards the women in his life. Many people described him as a monster.

[@waynej2608]

@starchildstrider Well said!

[@animfan98]

What a beautiful tribute. Peter was a true one-off on all fronts...by all accounts a complete nightmare to live with, but an immensely gifted actor with an absolutely wicked sense of humour. I think it's very sad that nearly all of the biographies about him tend to dwell on his dark side. It was there for sure, and he was capable of being an absolute monster at times, but if you read the books by his son and people like Graham Stark, you discover that he had a lighter side; the side that manifests itself in the films.

[@SaintMartins]

Going through my HV/DVD/BR collection i realized i'm quite the Sellers fan. I own The Pink Panther (1963), Dr. Strangelove (1964), The World Of Henry Orient (1964), The Party (1968)

[@yuljohnson5502]

I really miss this fine actor. His accent as Inspector clouseau was sooo convincing that you would think that's the way he really talk. As the note said to the start of the credits of the movie trail of the pink panther" To Peter the one and only clouseau ".

[@anastasiabananastasia]

Glad these are available now

[@jackiescanlon]

Don't think this is Peter's first glass of wine of the day. Still, a brilliant actor.

[@Kohntarkosz]

He'd probably been sitting there all day, doing interviews. That's how they do these promo things: you sit there, and there's a parade of people from different newspapers, magazines, TV outlets, etc from all over the world. I can't imagine it being something that's very enjoyable to do. So yeah, I imagine he'd probably had a few by the time Brian walked in (he says "I've been here since this morning", so one imagines he had probably been at for a few hours by the time this one was shot).

[@billcobbett9259]

Peter was never comfortable doing interviews- I think Micheal Parkinson probably got further with him than most, but even then it looked as though much had been arranged beforehand. There was certainly a degree of subterfuge just to get him on stage in the first place.

[@chriswatson7965]

I don't think it was even his first bottle - but it did let some of his inner personality sneak through.

[@traceyrychewhite6374]

I absolutely love Peter Sellers. I've been a fan Since the early 70's. I love the movie, The Party and Being There. He was the best at playing the fool and part's where he's a bumbling idiot. Thanks for sharing. R.I.P Peter Sellers. 💝

[@jaysilverheals4445]

I LOVE HIS DR STRANGLOVE SMILE

[@edcampion3998]

I enjoyed that thanks 😊

[@davidwise3426]

Between 1978 and 1980, the year of his death, he aged 10 years. He looks healthy here.

[@forensicdar]

David Wise You hit the nail on the head. Especially after filming Begin There, he looked quite healthy... then that heart disease Dorian Greyed him. He was yet young. His daughter playfully told him he looked like a "fat old man" as Chauncy, and he, being the unstable genius he was responded very harshly to her even though she was joking. He often involved his children, even when they were little, in his disagreements with spouses. Asking them for "advice", sarcastically, as to whether to remain married or not. He was still a legendary mad man, though. To me he was.

[@mws755]

He aged more like 30 years

[@chaznewby1]

Beruška Vozábová His “heart disease” could be attributed to his smoking and drinking heavily. He also had quite the Coke habit. That’s a fact.... It destroyed his genius mind and his health.

[@CharismaticMegafauna]

@@chaznewby1 he was also something of a victim of 1960s quack medicine. His 13 heart attacks at once were (when you get past the sensationalism and rumors) ultimately the result of a really bad overdose of something his doctor gave him (which was highly addictive). Immediately after, he went to the doctor complaining that this near death experience ruined his memory, could they maybe test for brain damage. Doc said "no, youre just fat. Lose weight. Heres some medical grade cocaine" because it was the 60s (i mean vanity fair published 'diets' like 'become a daytime alcoholic' this wasnt too weird back then). The fact that he rapidly lost weight several times in his life only weakened his heart, and because he wasnt listened to, he developed sort of a fear of doctors along with some hypochondria. Moreover his doctor just left him worse off and with a coke addiction. Just really sad. It was all very preventable and not even a dr feelgood situation, he just wanted help.

[@waynej2608]

@@CharismaticMegafauna That's such a drag. Sellers was one of a kind, and should've been around much longer. Those quack jerks. It's great to see and listen to him in this interview.

[@CharismaticMegafauna]

i love how they just kinda left this guy out on the porch with some wine and just let him go to town.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

He turned down the role of Fagan in “Oliver” because he thought Alec Guiness was the best actor for the role. That says something about his integrity but also about his honesty in recognizing that someone else was better suited for the role.

[@angelportal5378]

Peter is stone in this interview

[@robertbaker5156]

the bloke in between is so drunk he's turned pink!!!!

[@watchtowersociety6995]

...he's a scholar.he's a poet.he's an....acrobat!

[@termsofusepolice]

For Peter's sake I'm glad to hear that the term call-boy in England has no relationship to the term call-girl in America. 😄

[@christopherstarr8050]

this cant be 1978 , has to be 75 or so

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

During my time in the raf during the second world war.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

That was Peter at his best when he told that story about the gent who bought him a drink lol

[@robg71]

He could play any character apart from Himself.

[@filmbuff-ru4xt]

The year "Revenge of the Pink Panther" was released, 1978. The film isn't too good and Sellers said how playing Clouseau was tiring him.

[@Kohntarkosz]

I thought the first half of the movie was hilarious, with everyone thinking Clouseau is dead, Chief Inspector Dreyfuss being released from the psych ward and given his old job back, Kato turning Clouseau's flat into a "Chinese nookie factory", etc, that stuff was awesome. The last act drags, though, when he disguises himself as the New York mobster, and Burt Kwouk is wandering around in those coke bottle glasses (a homage to Mr. Moto, perhaps?), that kinda ran out of steam fast.

[@kfinch0]

Revenge of the Pink Panther is a classic. It is the second best Pink Panther movie in the series, only Pink Panther Strikes Again is better. Revenge is hilarious! Herbert Lom is hilarious! The wandering transvestite that escaped from prison was ingenious & way before it's time! The Chinese nookie factory was funny. "Mr & Mrs. Lo key" lol. Having Dyan Cannon as Simone was a great choice! "Move em out" still is a song quoted by me & my Gen x friends that saw this movie on cable growing up in the 80's. "If you mess around with women, your wallet takes a trimming." Lol. Peter Sellers passed away but growing up in the 80's through cable & video I enjoyed his performances . My dad & grandparents introduced me to Peter Sellers & because of video & cable TV younger generations know him & appreciate him. As an adult I love "Being There". Great film. But don't underestimate "Revenge" because it's funny! Dreyfus falling into the grave or laughing through Clouseau's eulogy was hilarious!

[@gkroll8467]

It’s a funny film not as good as strikes but better than the first one which is a snooze fest

[@alexdavies7394]

@@gkroll8467 - No, the first one is very good and still my favourite. Peter Sellers stole the whole film.

[@gkroll8467]

@@alexdavies7394 yes he did but the film isn’t about him

[@chrishathevarajah2610]

Good

[@glenrichardson6396]

I remember Harry Seacombe on some Goon Show retrospective and he said that Sellers was a “nice man” in a sort of summing up. I thought it was really interesting because, by then, Sellers’ horrible behaviour was common knowledge. But I felt that, Seacombe, being a Christian man, was being forgiving and decent in the face of all evidence. I’m not sure how you’d feel watching that if you were the victim of that amount of malice.

[@maddymud]

the interviewer looks like the Oompa Loompa

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

He really does, I was shocked when the image first came on the screen lol

[@schmittyhanrahan8126]

A face made for Canadian television.

[@Da1Dez]

Goodness, what happened to him in just two years? He looks healthy here, but come 1980 more drawn in the face, grey-haired and slight wrinkle. Something must have taken a toll on him in 1979.

[@laurencewhite4809]

Well, in this interview he has a tan and some hair color, which does wonders... plus he looks a little fuller in the face, probably because of all the alcohol he is consuming.

[@chrishathevarajah2610]

2

[@brooke8567]

His hair is dyed for the film

[@francescanegri4148]

Era molto triste

[@ivanrousseau5066]

Why was he born in a nursing home?

[@sid7088]

Benjamin Button syndrome.

[@watchtowersociety6995]

...the rinky-dink panther!

[@petewoodroffemusic]

Never really understood or got the Sellars thing! He was good as the French detective Clueso, but for me thats about it Comes over as pompous and priviledged in this interview

[@maddymud]

you've never seen Being There or StrangeLove? Start there.

[@rabola55]

Listen to The Goon Show.

[@bbianchi8909]

Yes, he is undoubtedly correct. He can't spell his name correctly, but that doesn't diminish his knowledge of Sellers and his career of award winning crap. It's a privilege to read the opinions of KZbin experts.

[@Mrpublicimagelimited]

I agree, you certainly don't understand or get the Sellers thing. Spelling the man's name correctly might be a start though...

[@drumgold23]

Terrible terrible human being. To the point I feel that it really does negate the work.