“For some peculiar reason, two films about Oscar Wilde were started at ...” — Peter Finch Quote

“For some peculiar reason, two films about Oscar Wilde were started at the same time, back in 1959 or 1960. I played Wilde in one, and Robert Morley was in the other. As it turned out, at that particular moment there was no market for any Oscar Wilde movie at all.”

“Success is a very tough mistress. For years, while you're struggling, she wants nothing to do with you. Then one day, you find yourself in the room with her, and even though the key is on the inside, you can't leave.”

“Most of the time, I'm pleased that people don't recognize me. But I don't hate it when they do.”

“There have been insinuations that I was given an Oscar because I'm queer and because I am an Afro-Latina. And that's haterade. That's just haterade. And I know that.”

“I am interested in the Oscar Wilde we don't know.”

“I literally don't think about Oscar.”