Peter O'Toole Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
-
I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
-
The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
-
I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
-
I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
-
If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
-
I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
-
First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
-
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
-
The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.
-
Lying in the political sphere has gotten out of hand, and because people tend to dismiss things that challenge their preconceived notions of the world, fact checkers can only play a small part in remedying the problem.
-
Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
-
I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
-
When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
-
I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.
-
I used to rarely go on film sets, as I felt it was very boring to see the same shot being done so many times. I felt I had nothing to do. I used to irritate the cameramen.
-
I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.
-
It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.
-
I can't even remember when I first went, 'I want to be an actress.' It's always been inside of me.
-
In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down.
-
If I know anything about the character of God after fifty years of ministry, I know that God hates abortion.
-
I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
-
TV is tricky. You can do some stuff and people will tune out and never tune back in. It's sort of like putting a bad taste in somebody's mouth. Some people may not ever tune in again. And then there's some people that will tune in just to tune in and see what's gon' happen.
-
I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.
