Squirm Quotes

(on Peter Sellers) I would squirm with embarrassment at the demeaning lengths he would go to in order to ingratiate himself with the Royal Family.

There is no doubt I am aging. My format of comedy is still the same as ever. I gravitate toward scripts that put me in an untenable position. Then the rest of the picture is spent in trying to squirm out of it. Naturally, I always get the girl in the end. It may appear old-fashioned. There seems to be a trend toward satirical comedy, like The Apartment (1960). Perhaps it is because young writers today feel satirical living in a world that seems headed for destruction. (1961)

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we`re all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick.