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
men common sand
I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.
optimistic thinking actors
Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.
baby stiffness
I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.
inspirational motivational mistake
It was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure." "Must do it... constantly go to the well... constantly try, try, try. Dare. Dare, Dare. Who dares wins
father good-day home
When my father would come home from the track after a good day, the whole room would light up; it was fairyland. But when he lost, it was black. In our house, it was always either a wake ... or a wedding.
writing study forget
If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.
perfect return marmalade
It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.
travel morning adventure
We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.
book cutting artist
Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him.
reading television cinema
I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act.
men ordinary ordinary-man
I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.
atheist simple talking
Question: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself.
acting disguise has-beens
Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.
exercise coffins behinds
The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.