Peter O'Toole Quotes

I am human, all too bloody human.

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.

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

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

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.

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

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

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

What I like is bottomless flattery.

There's a remedy for everything except death.

Being sober for so many years is getting interesting.

The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket.

Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.

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.

And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

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

I can't stand light. I hate weather. My idea of heaven is moving from one smoke-filled room to another.

Marriage is forever. It's like cement.

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.

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

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

I did quite enjoy the days when one went for a beer at one's local in Paris and woke up in Corsica.

There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging.

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

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

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

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

I can't stand light. I hate weather.

I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.

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

If you do not surrender, I shall be forced to shoot you through the head with a rather large bullet.

I wouldn't mind being a lord.

I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.

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

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

It was around 1985 before I heard the news of President Kennedy's assassination.

My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life.

I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes.

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

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.