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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'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

" I had a pretty hilariously gloomy few years in the '70s. "

" Public crucifixion is no fun. "

" I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you. "

Peter O'Toole

Memories

Prepared

" I never found it easy to learn my lines. It was slog, slog, slog. "

" I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV. "

Peter O'Toole

Theatre

Children

" Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead. "

" I was apprehensive about bringing off this Homer. "

" For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding. "

Peter O'Toole

Either

Life

" The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise. "

" If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. "

" Money is always a pressure. "

" It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines. "

Peter O'Toole

Lines

Front

" A rubber neck is a necessary part of equipment. "

" Every three or four years, I'm hot again. "

" If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. "

" I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.' "

" When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful. "

" Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot! "

" I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone. "

" 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. "

" Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world. "

" The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead. "

" My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness. "

" It's a razor's edge, a romance with an old man and a young woman. "

" I love working with the young. "

" 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. "

" I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part. "

Peter O'Toole

Death

" I have unqualified admiration for Brad Pitt. "

" 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.' "