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.
Peter O'TooleYou talk about auteur de cinema having things in their heads and putting them all across, can you imagine Shakespeare writing screenplays?
Peter O'TooleIt's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.
Peter O'TooleNo 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.
Peter O'TooleI 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