Peter O'Toole Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marriage is forever. It's like cement.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Being sober for so many years is getting interesting.

There's a remedy for everything except death.

What I like is bottomless flattery.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

I am human, all too bloody human.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I wouldn't mind being a lord.

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

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

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

I can't stand light. I hate weather.

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

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

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

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

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

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

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.