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" I wouldn't mind being a lord. "
Peter O'Toole
Being
Mind
Lord
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" I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian. "
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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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Table
" I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone. "
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" 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. "
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Queen
Sunset
Dark
" Actors have given up their clout. Now decision making is in the hands of lighting men, designers, bankers, special-effects people. We need to cut that out and just go with the most able trained actors in the business. "
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Decision
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" I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star. "
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Actor
Star
Movie Star
" Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead. "
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" Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed. "
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Art
Down
" I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part. "
Peter O'Toole
Us
Death
Me
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I've done everything that's possible to be done. "
Peter O'Toole
Possible
Done
Everything
" 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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Life
Desert
Time
" I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you. "
Peter O'Toole
Share
Memories
Prepared
" I was apprehensive about bringing off this Homer. "
Peter O'Toole
Homer
About
Off
" If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word. "
Peter O'Toole
Write
Study
Word
" There are only three indispensable things: the audience, the actor and the author. The rest is dross. "
Peter O'Toole
Rest
Three
Audience
" I love London. "
Peter O'Toole
Love
London
I Love
" 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
Theatre
Doing
Cinema
" 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
" If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. "
Peter O'Toole
Then
Willingly
You
" There is a legend. And to protest is daft. "
Peter O'Toole
Protest
Legend
Daft
" 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. "
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Him
You
Want
" 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. "
Peter O'Toole
Long
Good
Rest
" My father was a racetrack bookie. "
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Father
Racetrack
" My own favorite is something called Rogue Male. "
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Favorite
Own
" Public crucifixion is no fun. "
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Crucifixion
Fun
Public
" I'm not from the working class. I'm from the criminal class. "
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Class
Criminal
Working Class
" I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday. "
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Eyes
Front
Before