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Peter O'Toole

(1932–2013) Voice Actor Ireland

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Peter O'Toole was a voice actor from Ireland, best known for Loitering with intent: the child.

Quick Facts About Peter O'Toole

Born: August 2, 1932
Died: December 14, 2013
Nationality: Ireland
Profession: Voice Actor
Notable works: Loitering with intent: the child
Spouse: Siân Phillips

About Peter O'Toole

Peter James O'Toole, a British‑Irish actor born in 1932 and died in 2013, worked on stage and in movies. He received an Academy Honorary Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards, and was nominated for a Grammy and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Awards & Honors

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Academy Honorary Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Awards Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor

Quotes by Peter O'Toole · Page 4

No one should ever know where conduct ends and acting begins. Conduct unbecoming. That's what acting is.

Acting

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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun.

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If man ever comes to perfect equilibrium with the environment, we'll all be redundant, perhaps because you won't need art or letters.

Art

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He's a scoundrel, young Brad Pitt, who led me, his elderly colleague, astray more than once.

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I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery.

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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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A victory? What have we won? We've won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned…

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

Actor

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I became a professional cricket teacher about 20 years ago. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and…

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My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together…

Acting

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You know when you've found a part that you want to play. You know it because the part takes you over. It…

Actor

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I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen.

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You talk about auteur de cinema having things in their heads and putting them all across, can you imagine Shakespeare writing screenplays?

Cinema

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Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.

Actor

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When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.

Cinema

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George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.

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In my day England, Scotland, Wales had 80 drama schools. There are none left. So there's no training, no discipline.

Actor

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“I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. I do not crave security. I wish…

Adventures

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Actor (19) Theatre (13) Life (13)