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
If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
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I suggest that an education and reading and facts aren't bad things on which to ponder a few notions.
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All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.
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I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday.
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I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.
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No one should ever know where conduct ends and acting begins. Conduct unbecoming. That's what acting is.
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My plumbing is no one's business but my own.
I've done everything that's possible to be done.
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My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness.
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A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred to me halfway through the meeting that what I was doing was auditioning. And I thought, 'Well, hang on buddy. I've done half a century of this.'
Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it.
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When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.
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Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.
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If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.