A biography for Peter O'Toolehasn’t been written yet.
“I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday.”
“I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.”
“My father was a racetrack bookie.”
“It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.”
“The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.”
“When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful.”
“I never found it easy to learn my lines. It was slog, slog, slog.”
“An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world.”
“Actors have given up their clout. Now decision making is in the hands of lighting men, designers, bankers, special-effects people. We need to cut that out and just go with the most able trained actors in the business.”
“I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star.”
“Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it.”
“Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another great joy.”
“I have unqualified admiration for Brad Pitt.”
“There is a legend. And to protest is daft.”
“I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.'”
“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.”
“I love London.”
“No 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.”
“When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.”
“All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.”