Top 99 Peter OToole Quotes

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

I never found it easy to learn my lines. It was slog, slog, slog.

I’m not an actor, I’m a movie star.

We 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.

My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice – would have to be Guinness.

My plumbing is no one’s business but my own.

There’s always a hunger, when you‘re young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys.

It’s very inconvenient because every time I finish, let’s say, a chapter of a book, I think I’m going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I’ve buried him. I buried him last year.

My plumbing is no one’s business but my own.

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

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

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

My father was a racetrack bookie.

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

If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

I’m not from the working class. I’m from the criminal class.

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

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

I’ve stopped acting, but I don’t think I’ve finished using my voice. I could, and probably will, record the whole of Shakespeare‘s sonnets. They live at the side of my bed and are my constant companions.

I wouldn’t mind being a lord.

I love working with the young.

I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.

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

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

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

I’ve done everything that’s possible to be done.

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

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

I love working with the young.

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

I wouldn’t mind being a lord.

All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.

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 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.

My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I’ve shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits.

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

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 having as an actor. I didn’t expect the rest.

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

We 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, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.

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

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

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

I suggest that an education and reading and facts aren’t bad things on which to ponder a few notions.

My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road.

I can make the best French toast.

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

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

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

I 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.

Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it.

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

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

If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won‘t come back.

No one can take Jesus away from me. There’s no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace.

I love London.

I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, ‘He needs someone to bowl to him.’

I suggest that an education and reading and facts aren’t bad things on which to ponder a few notions.

Public crucifixion is no fun.

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

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

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

We 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.

I 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 beautiful scripts come in one’s lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.

I’m not a French singer.

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

I’m not an actor, I’m a movie star.

Omar Sharif and I spent nine months in the desert, day after day for nine months.

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

I was apprehensive about bringing off this Homer.

I can make the best French toast.

It’s very inconvenient because every time I finish, let’s say, a chapter of a book, I think I’m going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I’ve buried him. I buried him last year.

You know when you’ve found a part that you want to play. You know it because the part takes you over. It sits in the script waiting for you to play him.

My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice – would have to be Guinness.

Actors have given up their clout. Now decision making is in the hands of lighting men, designers, bankers, special-effects people. We need to cut that out and just go with the most able trained actors in the business.

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won‘t come back.

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

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.

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

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

I’ve never looked for women. When I was a teenager, perhaps.

I can’t stand light. I hate weather.

I’m not from the working class. I’m from the criminal class.

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

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 had a pretty hilariously gloomy few years in the ’70s.

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

Right after I left drama school, I had a job.

Where 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.

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

I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday.

No one ever watched competitive swimming.

I 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 beautiful scripts come in one’s lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.

Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot!

I have unqualified admiration for Brad Pitt.

My father was a racetrack bookie.

I 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.

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