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Peter O'Toole Quotes



Quotes by Peter O'Toole - (20 quotes)

Peter O'Toole - From the Aging category:

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won't come back. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Ambition category:

There's always a hunger, when you're young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Attitude category:

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Drunkenness category:

My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice is Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Education category:

I suggest that an education and reading and facts aren't bad things on which to ponder a few notions. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Ego category:

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Fame category:

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Friendship category:

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Gender category:

I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Life category:

For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Mediocrity category:

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Money category:

I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Money category:

Money is always a pressure. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Optimism category:

Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Performance category:

Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Profession category:

When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Solitude category:

I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Teaching category:

The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Work category:

Private study. (Peter O'Toole)

Peter O'Toole - From the Writing category:

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word. (Peter O'Toole)