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
lines relief tape
It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines,
hard-work thinking voice
We all had such larks. Yes, it was hard work but the friendships and the genuine respect we had for one another, that side I shall miss greatly. I've stopped acting, but I don't think I've finished using my voice. I could, and probably will, record the whole of Shakespeare's sonnets. They live at the side of my bed and are my constant companions.
drug booze outrageous
Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.
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I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!!!
kings men feet
Do you not know that King Kong the first was just three foot six inches tall? He only came up to Faye Wray's belly button! If God could do the tricks that we can do he'd be a happy man!
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If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it,
men and-love good-company
I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.
wedding
For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding.
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I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you.
good-life long actors
Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm having as an actor. I didn't expect the rest.
hate moving weather
I can't stand light. I hate weather. My idea of heaven is moving from one smoke-filled room to another.
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It was around 1985 before I heard the news of President Kennedy's assassination.
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There is a legend. And to protest is daft.
travel military desert
We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition.