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" A rubber neck is a necessary part of equipment. "
Peter O'Toole
Part
Neck
Equipment
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" I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen. "
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" The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise. "
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" I wouldn't mind being a lord. "
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" I quite like being old. "
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" 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. "
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" I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV. "
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" I've never looked for women. When I was a teenager, perhaps. "
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" I never found it easy to learn my lines. It was slog, slog, slog. "
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" I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.' "
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" It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am. "
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" I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star. "
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" I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday. "
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" I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script. "
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" My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Desert
Time
" I've done everything that's possible to be done. "
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Done
Everything
" I'm not a French singer. "
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" I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part. "
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Death
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" I love working with young people which to me is a big kick. "
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Love
" In my day England, Scotland, Wales had 80 drama schools. There are none left. So there's no training, no discipline. "
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" Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it. "
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Being Human
Just
Man
" The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do. "
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Good
Make
People
" I can make the best French toast. "
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Make
Best
" It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines. "
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Front
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" I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums. "
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" An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world. "
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" Public crucifixion is no fun. "
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