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'TooleLife turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.
Peter O'TooleOne time in the late '50s, when Peter Finch, Laurence Harvey, and I were all offered the same movie role - the assumption being that we weren't friends - we marched up to producer Dino De Laurentiis's door and declared in unison, 'We don't think we're suitable for the part.'
Peter O'TooleWhen did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.
Peter O'Toole