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" I've never looked for women. When I was a teenager, perhaps. "
Peter O'Toole
Never
Perhaps
Looked
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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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" Public crucifixion is no fun. "
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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.' "
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" Money is always a pressure. "
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" There is a legend. And to protest is daft. "
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" I had a pretty hilariously gloomy few years in the '70s. "
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" I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. "
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" Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church. "
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" 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. "
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" I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery. "
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Amazing
Mystery
Beautiful
" If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. "
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" There's always a hunger, when you're young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys. "
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Go
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" I love working with young people which to me is a big kick. "
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" I've done everything that's possible to be done. "
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Possible
Done
Everything
" I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone. "
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Love
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" All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70. "
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Like
You
Years
" I love working with the young. "
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I Love
Young
Working
" Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot! "
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Bride
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Always
" My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road. "
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Car
Crossing
Road
" 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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" 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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Actor
Work
Table
" I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday. "
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Eyes
Front
Before
" 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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You
Want
" Omar Sharif and I spent nine months in the desert, day after day for nine months. "
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Spent
" There are only three indispensable things: the audience, the actor and the author. The rest is dross. "
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" My father was a racetrack bookie. "
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