Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*. Peter O'Toole More Quotes by Peter O'Toole More Quotes From Peter O'Toole There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians. Peter O'Toole thieves arabia honor I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed… to refuse to barter incentive for a dole… I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopias…. Peter O'Toole dream opportunity men George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night. Peter O'Toole girlfriend together night I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit. Peter O'Toole theatre lasts couple Many years ago I sent an old, beloved jacket to a cleaner, the Sycamore Cleaners. It was a leather jacket covered in Guinness and blood and marmalade, one of those jobs... and it came back with a little note pinned to it, and on the note it said, 'It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.' So that will do for me. That can go on my tombstone. Peter O'Toole tombstone jobs blood I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary. Peter O'Toole extraordinary ordinary men The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise. Peter O'Toole coffins behinds exercise I did quite enjoy the days when one went for a beer at one's local in Paris and woke up in Corsica. Peter O'Toole paris enjoy beer 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. Peter O'Toole husband home water A victory? What have we won? We've won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned sea. Peter O'Toole rocks victory sea Question: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself. Peter O'Toole atheist simple talking If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt. Peter O'Toole giving-up bottles drinking Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him. Peter O'Toole cutting artist book 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. Peter O'Toole support emotional people Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it. Peter O'Toole booze outrageous drug I can't stand light. I hate weather. My idea of heaven is moving from one smoke-filled room to another. Peter O'Toole hate weather moving I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act. Peter O'Toole cinema reading television 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. Peter O'Toole morning adventure travel I'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of movement and vigour. I find myself remembering the shape of a scene by how I'm standing, what I'm doing. Peter O'Toole movement ears mean When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. Peter O'Toole atheist religious talking
