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" I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery. "
Peter O'Toole
Amazing
Mystery
Beautiful
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" A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred to me halfway through the meeting that what I was doing was auditioning. And I thought, 'Well, hang on buddy. I've done half a century of this.' "
Peter O'Toole
Meeting
Done
Thought
" There's always a hunger, when you're young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys. "
Peter O'Toole
Always
Go
Hunger
" 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. "
Peter O'Toole
Him
You
Want
" I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script. "
Peter O'Toole
Tell
Script
Now
" Right after I left drama school, I had a job. "
Peter O'Toole
Had
Left
Right
" The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket. "
Peter O'Toole
Only
Been
Cricket
" 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
Actor
Work
Table
" I can make the best French toast. "
Peter O'Toole
I Can
Make
Best
" I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star. "
Peter O'Toole
Actor
Star
Movie Star
" If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. "
Peter O'Toole
Long
Going
Care
" Money is always a pressure. "
Peter O'Toole
Money
Pressure
Always
" I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone. "
Peter O'Toole
Men
Love
Good Company
" The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead. "
Peter O'Toole
All My Friends
Dead
Friends
" 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
Am
Earth
I Am
" I'm not from the working class. I'm from the criminal class. "
Peter O'Toole
Class
Criminal
Working Class
" If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. "
Peter O'Toole
Then
Willingly
You
" A rubber neck is a necessary part of equipment. "
Peter O'Toole
Part
Neck
Equipment
" I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.' "
Peter O'Toole
Him
Born
Son
" I take whatever good part comes along. "
Peter O'Toole
Good
Along
Part
" An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world. "
Peter O'Toole
Every
World
Symbol
" Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another great joy. "
Peter O'Toole
Joy
Begin
Loved
" The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise. "
Peter O'Toole
Friends
Behind
Walking
" 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. "
Peter O'Toole
People
Together
Good
" I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday. "
Peter O'Toole
Eyes
Front
Before
" In my day England, Scotland, Wales had 80 drama schools. There are none left. So there's no training, no discipline. "
Peter O'Toole
Day
Training
Left
" I love working with young people which to me is a big kick. "
Peter O'Toole
Working
Big
Love
" I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part. "
Peter O'Toole
Us
Death
Me
" Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot! "
Peter O'Toole
Bride
Never
Always
" 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. "
Peter O'Toole
Live
Will
Voice
" For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding. "
Peter O'Toole
Either
Life
Me