170 Quotes by Peter O'Toole

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    I had a pretty hilariously gloomy few years in the '70s.

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    I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.'

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    I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen.

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    People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun.

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

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    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.

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