I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher. - Stephen Mangan

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You see those guys wearing baggy pants, descendants of the parachute pants, wearing an odd, weird Frankenstein haircut. It all comes out of Peter Lorre. - Allen Ginsberg

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It's a weird one: nobody notices when a brilliant comedian is fat or has sweat marks under their arms. Peter Kay isn't in the best shape and neither is Ricky Gervais, and it doesn't matter. Still, I like to feel like I'm transforming into something quite cool when I go on stage. - Michael McIntyre

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'Venus,' which is a Roger Michell film - my first scene was with Peter O'Toole, and I cried. That was basically my part. I came in, cried in a white wig, and then left. -Andrea Riseborough

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'Peter Pan,' I think, was a game-changer. That was the first song that really had some heartbeat to it... I think that's the song that got people's attention. - Kelsea Ballerini

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My first movie ever was 'Breaking Away.' I stumbled into an incredible part in a movie that was incredible to be a part of. Peter Yates, the director, became a lifelong friend. He sort of plucked me from obscurity and gave me a life. - Daniel Stern

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I heard about the Holocaust before hearing the 'Cinderella' story or watching 'Peter Pan.' - Joshua Oppenheimer

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I'd like to play a larger-than-life character done straight, like Clouseau. To move away from Dick Emery and towards Peter Sellers. - Harry Enfield

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The first writer that I think of immediately that I studied with at Michigan is Peter Ho Davies. He was really important to me, tackling that first novel. Just writing it. - Jesmyn Ward

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No matter what I go on to do in my career - I could bring peace to the Middle East - still, when I die, the top line of the obituary will be 'fired from 'Blue Peter.'" - Richard Bacon

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