Omar Sharif quotes

Omar Sharif was an internationally acclaimed Egyptian actor known for his roles in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago." His charismatic screen presence and versatility brought him worldwide fame in cinema. He became a cultural icon and was also recognized as a world-class bridge player. Here are 22 of his quotes:

I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal. (Omar Sharif)
I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it. View quote
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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. View quote
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I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about. View quote
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He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has. View quote
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I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it. View quote
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Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards. View quote
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Working gets in the way of living. View quote
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I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way. View quote
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I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater. View quote
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My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad. (Omar Sharif)
I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost. View quote
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I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor. View quote
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I don't think I could live without a deck of cards in my hands. View quote
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I'd rather be playing bridge than making a bad movie. View quote
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This is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact that I loved it. If the boy hadn't been Jewish and the man hadn't been Muslim, it wouldn't have made any difference to the film. I don't think it's relevant, really. View quote
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This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition. View quote
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The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing. View quote
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery. (Omar Sharif)
Making love It's a communion with a woman. The bed is the holy table. There I find passion -- and purification. View quote
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Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif - Image
Occupation: Egyptian Actor
Born: April 10, 1932
Died: July 10, 2015
Quotes count: 22
Wikipedia: Omar Sharif

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