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" I had a pretty hilariously gloomy few years in the '70s. "
Peter O'Toole
Years
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" Public crucifixion is no fun. "
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" 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. "
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" My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness. "
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" I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. "
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" My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I've shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits. "
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" When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre. "
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" For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding. "
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" Right after I left drama school, I had a job. "
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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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" If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. "
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" I wouldn't mind being a lord. "
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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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Good
Rest
" 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 love working with young people which to me is a big kick. "
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" I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery. "
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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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" Omar Sharif and I spent nine months in the desert, day after day for nine months. "
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