Pertwee Quotes & Sayings

I'd really like to go down the Amazon in some capacity. I've spent time in the Congo, so I love the jungle. — Sean Pertwee

I'm sure there have been missed opportunities, with films I've turned down that went on to be successful, but everyone in the industry has had that happen. — Sean Pertwee

Being a father is a surprise for me every day. — Sean Pertwee

Acting's the best job there is. Pretending to be someone you're not is good fun. It's also a non-ageist profession, and you get to work all over the world with people you admire. — Sean Pertwee

In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices. — Jon Pertwee

I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them. — Sean Pertwee

My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly and take responsibility for money. — Sean Pertwee

In Cape Town, there's a drive from Cape Point to Camps Bay where the road is hewn out of the cliffs. It's just stunning, particularly if you do it as the sun is going down. — Sean Pertwee

Work place romances always seem to get very confused and peculiar, in my experience. — Sean Pertwee

It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. God alone knows absolute truth. Therefore, I have often said, Truth is God. It follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray. — Mahatma Gandhi

The invisibility factor of women in this industry is not unlike the invisibility of girl geeks. We know we exist, but everyone else seems to think we're an enigma every time they get the notion to write about us and what we apparently want. What we want isn't any different than what anyone wants. Good stories. With characters we can relate to or identify with or that are interesting to read about. And we'd like to feel welcome, not the perpetual other. We don't want to feel excluded or like props in every narrative. We don't want or need every story to be about a girl character. But we'd like them to be treated with the same care and attention male characters are. And it is possible, even in male dominated narratives. — Mariah Huehner

Somehow I seem to have been gently bypassed as a serious actor. — Jon Pertwee

I'm the third or fourth generation of actor in my family; I'm sure if they were butchers, I'd be a butcher, too. — Sean Pertwee

I've never had much interest in spinoffery - the idea of writing in someone else's universe generally leaves me cold - but 'Doctor Who' is different. I've grown up with it. It's been part of my life since I was tiny, watching Jon Pertwee on a grainy black and white television in Cornwall and being terrified out of my mind. — Alastair Reynolds

Here's one truth that perhaps your typical investment counselor would disagree with: if you're comfortably rich and someone else is getting richer faster than you by, for example, investing in risky stocks, so what?! Someone will always be getting richer faster than you. This is not a tragedy. — Charlie Munger

Single is not a status, it is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others. — Prixie

I play a lot of hard men and gangsters, and I'm not like that at all. — Sean Pertwee

I am certain
you are not one of those dreary fellows one reads of who demands that
their lady friends be in possession of a maidenhead. Mine was taken
by a marrow two years ago."
"A marrow, Miss Pertwee? The vegetable that the Italians call il
zucchine?"
"The very same.A most particularly bold and impetuous hot-house
marrow. It was quite the ravishment, I can assure you."
"I consider it no dishonor at all to be preceded by so noble a vegetable. — Vinnie Tesla

Who cannot open an honest mind No friend will he be of mine. — Euripides

I try to use my debit card rather than a credit card, but I will use a credit card for big purchases because I bank with Coutts and I get points. — Sean Pertwee

A goal without a date is just a dream. — Milton H. Erickson

When I drop my son off at school, I love walking around the outskirts of Hampstead Heath. — Sean Pertwee

I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy. — Sean Pertwee

The unfortunate thing is that I live next door to the pub they all drink in. So if I leave my light on and they know I'm in, they all descend on me. I know it's nice, but it's a bit of a bummer if you're trying to watch EastEnders. — Sean Pertwee

I didn't do very well when I was at school, so my dad gave me the opportunity to travel in Africa. I drove from London to Nairobi. It was incredible. — Sean Pertwee

Even if I hadn't been cast as Doctor Who, my acting would probably have been influenced by William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, and all of the other guys. Because those were the actors that I really watched every moment of, as opposed to Laurence Olivier. — Peter Capaldi

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle. — Boris Spassky

Give all your gifts away in service to the world. If you want to paint, don't wait for a grant, paint a wall in your town that looks drab and uninviting. You never know who is going to see that wall. Whatever it is you want to do, give it away in service to your community. — Marianne Williamson

I am a fantastic cook. It's my great passion. — Sean Pertwee