Quotes by Oliver Reed

• Don't be afraid to take a different path, for it may lead you to a more fulfilling destination.
• I might get drunk one day and fall in love or fall over a hooker outside, and I would have consummated a relationship that I couldn't necessarily believe in.
• Awe and respect are two different things.
• You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
• When I come home and I'm tired from filming all day, I expect her to be there and make sure everything is cool for me. You know, like drawing my bath and helping me into bed.
• What's the point of staying sober?
• Then you get into it, especially if you start talking about football, fighting and Muhammad Ali. Then the ladies get very bored and start delivering ultimatums.
• Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
• If the money's right, I'll do a film.
• I'm really a pacifist.
• I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
• I'm not as thrilled with myself as I used to be.
• I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
• I wouldn't like to see a chick of mine taking her clothes off and kissing a fellow on screen. And my girls must get very hurt when they see me doing it.
• I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
• At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.
• Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
• But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.
• I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
• I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home.
• I do not live in the world of sobriety.
• I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
• I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.
• I have made many serious statements - I just can't remember any of them. I guess they mustn't have been very important.
• I have two ambitions in life: one is to drink every pub dry, the other is to sleep with every woman on earth.
• I like the effect drink has on me.
• Adventure awaits those who step off the beaten path, but remember to pack snacks—they're the true fuel of exploration!