Quotes by Arabia's Movie Legend, Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif passed away recently. his memories, and his thoughts, endure. on screen, and off

"My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad."
"I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must ?be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only ?watch yourself."
"Women know when they've got the menopause, but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards."
"I think it is a great film, but I am not very good in it. I also never thought anyone would go to see the film - three hours and 40 minutes of desert, and no girls!" - On Lawrence of Arabia
Have you ever loved a woman, Razin?" - As Yuri Zhivago in Dr Zhivago
"To find out if a country is rich or poor, look at the bins. If there are bins and no rubbish, it's rich. If there's rubbish by the bins, it's neither rich nor poor... it's touristy. And if there's rubbish but no bins, then it's poor." - As Monsieur Ibrahim in Monsieur Ibrahim
"Then let us say what is admirable on the large scale is monstrous on the small. Since we must give medals to mass murderers, why not give justice to the small... entrepreneur." - As Major Grau in The Night of the Generals
I thought she was not very attractive at first. But gradually she cast her spell over me. I fell madly in love with her talent. The feeling was mutual for four months - the time it took to shoot the movie." - On Barbra Streisand, his co-star in Funny Girl
"I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well."

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