Peter O'Toole Quotes

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• Question: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself.
• It was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure." "Must do it... constantly…
• And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
• There's a remedy for everything except death.
• If 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…
• I'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 did quite enjoy the days when one went for a beer at one's local in Paris and woke up in Corsica.
• I became a professional cricket teacher about 20 years ago. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, he…
• Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot!
• It was around 1985 before I heard the news of President Kennedy's assassination.
• I can't stand light. I hate weather. My idea of heaven is moving from one smoke-filled room to another.
• I 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…
• If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.
• It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.
• 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…
• Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.
• If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.
• It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines,
• We all had such larks. Yes, it was hard work but the friendships and the genuine respect we had for one another, that side I…
• Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.

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