Top 84 Quotes by Peter O'Toole

It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.

My father was a racetrack bookie.

There's always a hunger, when you're young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys.

I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

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.

A rubber neck is a necessary part of equipment.

Money is always a pressure.

My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road.

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.