Sad indeed! How magnificent he was in “Lawrence of Arabia,” so young and handsome. I’d like to think he and his friend Peter O’Toole are now happily carousing together with bits of cloud in their sandals rather than sand. I hope so.
I never feel sad when an older actor or musician dies; they lived their full life, but it is satisfying to remember their accomplishments. I saw “Lawrence of Arabia” on the big screen when it first came out.
Lawrence of Arabia, The Yellow Rolls Royce… he was good, really good. Weird; I just saw Mayerling last night. Lousy movie, great story. During the whole thing I kept thinking, how could they screw up such a great story as this? Sharif was excellent, as usual, and if he hadn’t carried the thing so well, I would have deleted it in the first half-hour.