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" 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

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" I'm not a French singer. "

Peter O'Toole

Singer

French

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Peter O'Toole

Quite

Being

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" There are only three indispensable things: the audience, the actor and the author. The rest is dross. "

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Day

Morning

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