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
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.
thinking doors roles
One time in the late '50s, when Peter Finch, Laurence Harvey, and I were all offered the same movie role - the assumption being that we weren't friends - we marched up to producer Dino De Laurentiis's door and declared in unison, 'We don't think we're suitable for the part.'
book thinking years
It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year.
optimistic thinking actors
Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.
spent
Omar Sharif and I spent nine months in the desert, day after day for nine months.
four
Every three or four years, I'm hot again.
corner known oscar symbol
An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world.
Right after I left drama school, I had a job.
car crossing dad
My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road.
I was apprehensive about bringing off this Homer.
death
I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part.
It's a razor's edge, a romance with an old man and a young woman.
script
You know when you've found a part that you want to play. You know it because the part takes you over. It sits in the script waiting for you to play him.
constant finished record side stopped using
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.