Omar Sharif Professions : Actor Born : April 10, 1932 Died : July 10, 2015 Browse All Authors Top 45 quotes by Omar Sharif Working gets in the way of living. Omar Sharif hate work life 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 prepared philosophy rooms 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 sex people thinking I never fell in love with another woman. I cannot have a relationship with a woman if I'm not in love...I'm a very particular person, I'm not very much interested in short adventures with women or girls. I have to fall in love with someone in order to have a realtionship with her. Omar Sharif falling-in-love girl adventure 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. Omar Sharif men boys thinking 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. Omar Sharif talking people thinking For some men, nothing is Written unless they Write it. Omar Sharif arabia writing men 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. Omar Sharif giving people thinking Making love? It's a communion with a woman. The bed is the holy table. There I find passion -- and purification. Omar Sharif passion making-love sex People don't have to be beautiful any more. We don't have any Audrey Hepburns, Rita Hayworths or Ava Gardeners. When you look at Al Pacino and the greatest actors in Hollywood they're all common-looking. Omar Sharif hollywood beautiful people I'll never know what my life would have been like if they hadn't made Lawrence of Arabia. What would I be? I would maybe have 10 children, a very fat wife. I would be very fat myself. I don't know. Omar Sharif arabia wife children They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck. Omar Sharif black eye hair 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. Omar Sharif passion bigs way I've always been extremely lucky in my life. Omar Sharif lucky life I don't watch any films. Billy Elliot is the only film I've seen in the last 25 years. Oh, and ET. Both of which I loved! Omar Sharif lasts watches years I don't think I could live without a deck of cards in my hands. Omar Sharif cards hands thinking 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. Omar Sharif defects theater scene 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. Omar Sharif wise advice character I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost. Omar Sharif gave-up my-passion passion I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work, i had too many passions - bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time. Omar Sharif horse passion life Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
