Egyptian - Actor | April 10, 1932 - July 10, 2015
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
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I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.
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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.
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I tried on a moustache, and it was decided I would grow one. I've shaved it off for a couple of films, but otherwise, I've had it ever since.
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My mother used to play cards with King Farouk. He believed she brought good luck to him - she was his mascot.
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From the age of 31, I have lived in hotels.
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I like football very much. That's what I like. I play it quite well.
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I was a fat little boy when I was 10 years old! My mother, who didn't speak any English at all, said, 'I know the only thing is to put him in an English boarding school. The food will be so horrible that he'll lose his weight.'
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I made French films and other films and a lot of Arabic films, but what I like is English for myself.
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Peter O'Toole - I really loved that man. They sent me into the desert, and I lived there with him for 100 days. And there were no women! Can you believe it?
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Children are wonderful!
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I'd rather be playing bridge than making a bad movie.
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