Peter O'TooleIf you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt. ✨ Biograph… ▶375Philosophy
Peter O'TooleIt was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure. Must do it... constantly go to the well... constantly try, try, try.… ▶376DeathPolitics
Peter O'TooleThe only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket.377Life
Peter O'TooleIt was around 1985 before I heard the news of President Kennedy's assassination.355Humor
Peter O'TooleDo you not know that King Kong the first was just three foot six inches tall? He only came up to Faye Wray's belly button! If God could do the tricks that we can do he'd be a happ… ▶334Life
Peter O'TooleI 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.357Love
Peter O'TooleQuestion: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself.302Humor
Peter O'TooleI love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.335HumanityLove
Peter O'TooleI loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.358Love
Peter O'TooleI tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.3710Truth
Peter O'TooleI'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.3710Thought
Peter O'TooleI will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. ✨ Peter O'Toole, Whose Acclaim Began With 'Lawrence of Arabia,' Dies at 81 by Benedict N… ▶271DeathPoliticsTime
Peter O'TooleI'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of movement and vigour. I find myself remembering the shape … ▶282Reading
Peter O'TooleAnd maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be. ✨ Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes. Man of La Mancha, www.imdb.com. 1972.348Life
Peter O'TooleMany years ago I sent an old, beloved jacket to a cleaner, the Sycamore Cleaners. It was a leather jacket covered in Guinness and blood and marmalade, one of those jobs... and it … ▶272Love
Peter O'TooleBooze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.252Time
Peter O'TooleI 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 beautif… ▶297LifeTime
Peter O'TooleIf you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says. ✨ Fictional character: Reginald Fleming … ▶275Love
Peter O'TooleIf I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.297Humor
Peter O'TooleIt's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.287Life
Peter O'TooleI have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.309Humor
Peter O'TooleWhen I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful.244Humanity
Peter O'TooleWe 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.223LifeTime
Peter O'TooleLife turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.278LifeThought
Peter O'TooleWe were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pet… ▶246Hope
Peter O'TooleI do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to… ▶279LifeReading
Peter O'TooleActors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.203DeathThoughtTime
Peter O'TooleWhen did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.247Time
Peter O'TooleI have no memories I'm prepared to share with you.182Philosophy
Peter O'TooleWhere 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.226LifeLove
