Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Peter Ustinov, (Apr 16 1921-2004), English actor, author, producer, director; He won Oscars as best supporting actor for Spartacus, 1961 and Topkap, 1965.