Quotes from Peter O'Toole

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. I do not crave security. I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

Every three or four years, I'm hot again.

George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.

We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition.

I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.

There are only three indispensable things: the audience, the actor and the author. The rest is dross.

I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.

I'm not a French singer.

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

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

I love working with young people which to me is a big kick.

It's a razor's edge, a romance with an old man and a young woman.

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.

Marriage is forever. It's like cement.

I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.

I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.

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.

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.

All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.

Do you not know that King Kong the first was just three foot six inches tall? He only came up to Faye Wray's belly button! If God could do the tricks that we can do he'd be a happy man!

If man ever comes to perfect equilibrium with the environment, we'll all be redundant, perhaps because you won't need art or letters.

A rubber neck is a necessary part of equipment.

Omar Sharif and I spent nine months in the desert, day after day for nine months.