Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form i… - Peter Ustinov

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Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations.

Peter Ustinov

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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE FRSA (16 April 1921 – 18 March 2004), born Peter Alexander von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur.

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Alternative Names: Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov • Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov • Peter Alexander Ustinov

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