Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole
Peter Seamus O'Toole was a British-Irish stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company before making his film debut in 1959...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 August 1932
CountryIreland
women
I've never looked for women. When I was a teenager, perhaps.
found
I never found it easy to learn my lines. It was slog, slog, slog.
needs
I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.'
I had a pretty hilariously gloomy few years in the '70s.
rubber
A rubber neck is a necessary part of equipment.
When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.
I'm not from the working class. I'm from the criminal class.
enormous figure historical peace tremendous
No one can take Jesus away from me. There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace.
avoid
There's always a hunger, when you're young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys.
love people
I love working with young people which to me is a big kick.
envelope good whether
I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.
amazing women
I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery.
none wales
In my day England, Scotland, Wales had 80 drama schools. There are none left. So there's no training, no discipline.
course deeply highest honour industry joined motion pay people picture
It is the highest honour that the motion picture industry can pay to anybody. I joined people like Chaplin, so of course I'm deeply honoured.