Peter O'Toole
15 quotes
Biography
"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."
"Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world."
"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."
"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."
"For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding."
"I've never looked for women. When I was a teenager, perhaps. But they are looking for us, and we [men] must learn that very quickly. They decide. We just turn up. Never mind the superficialities – tall and handsome and all that. Just turn up"
"I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. I do not crave security. I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity."
"I can't stand light. I hate weather. My idea of heaven is moving from one smoke-filled room to another."
"All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70."
"My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness."
"I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes."
"I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part."
"I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery."
"I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday."