I'm a lifelong 'Doctor Who' fan. Like, Peter Davison/Colin Baker, lifelong fan. - Andrew Kreisberg

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Comic books and radio were my escape. I even remember 3-D comic books where you put on the red-and-green glasses and Mighty Mouse would punch you in the face. It was the literature of the day for kids my age who were too bored with listening to 'Peter and the Wolf' on the record player. - George A. Romero

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When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe, Ian McKellan, Kenneth Williams. These were all guys telling stories to me. - Rik Mayall

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I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His incandescent performance in David Lean's 'Lawrence of Arabia' is one that nobody who saw it will ever forget. - Michael Korda

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I love musical theater. That's what I started off to do when I was 7, and my first show was 'Peter Pan.' - David Hasselhoff

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I'm Welsh. We didn't do 'Peter Pan.' We have far more ancient legends to be put to sleep with. - Rhys Ifans

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'Venus,' which is a Roger Michell film - my first scene was with Peter O'Toole, and I cried. That was basically my part. I came in, cried in a white wig, and then left. -Andrea Riseborough

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My parents read me some typical children's books: 'Green Eggs and Ham,' 'The Little Engine That Could,' 'Peter Rabbit.' But I quickly developed a preference for nonfiction books about baseball and math, by the likes of Bill James and Martin Gardner. - James Holzhauer

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My dad had these great Benny Goodman albums that I was obsessed with, and Louis Prima's another guy I loved, and Peter Niro the jazz pianist. I loved international music: Irish music, Mexican music. I love the different colours that they all have. - Michael Giacchino

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Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense. - Jonathan King

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