Oliver Reed

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Do what you must, but do it well, above all enjoy yourself!


— Oliver Reed


#work #life

A bird sings in the morning, an owl hoots at night...it's still a bloody bird.


— Oliver Reed


#nature

I have made many serious statements - I just can't remember any of them. I guess they mustn't have been very important.


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#been #guess #i #important #just

You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.


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#come #down #eating #fall #get

I like the effect drink has on me.


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#effect #i #like #me

I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.


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#give #i #inhibitions #like #now

I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.


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#i #i can #like #most #quite

But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.


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#drinking #invariably #meet #other #people

I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.


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#anyone #character #explodes #hurt #i

I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.


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#diet #drinking #eat #i #only






About Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed Quotes




Did you know about Oliver Reed?

He was forced to leave the set of the Channel 4 television discussion programme After Dark after arriving drunk and attempting to kiss feminist writer Kate Millett uttering the memorable phrase "Give us a kiss big tits". His next project with Ken Russell a film version of Women in Love was first released during the same year in which he wrestled naked with Alan Bates in front of a log fire. The film was released after his death with some footage filmed with a double digitally mixed with outtake footage.

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles. At the peak of his career in 1971 British exhibitors voted Reed one of the most popular stars at the box office (5th).