I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, ‘He needs someone to bowl to him.’ — Peter O

I became a professional cricket teacher about 20 years ago. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, he needs someone to bowl to him. — Peter O

The moment you start dividing thought and feeling, the ratio of sinitive from the intuitive, you’re dead. There is no difference between emotion and thought. You can be unreasonable. — Peter O

Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act. — Peter O

I wouldn’t mind being a lord. — Peter O

Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we’re dead. — Peter O

And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be. — Peter O

My life is littered with copies of Moby Dick. — Peter O

For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding. — Peter O

My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life. — Peter O

The only thing I’ve ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket. — Peter O

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. — Peter O

Films were never in my budget. Didn’t occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I’ve had and I’m having as an actor. I didn’t expect the rest. — Peter O

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church. — Peter O

If I was to be an actor, I would love to be like peter o’toole. — Peter O

I’m the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone. — Peter O

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

I did quite enjoy the days when one went for a beer at one’s local in Paris and woke up in Corsica. — Peter O

He’s a scoundrel, young Brad Pitt, who led me, his elderly colleague, astray more than once. — Peter O

It’s a razor’s edge, a romance with an old man and a young woman. — Peter O

When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful. — Peter O

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. — Peter O

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can’t sit down to write unless I’m dressed. I don’t mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed. — Peter O

If you can’t do something willingly and joyfully, then don’t do it. If you give up drinking, don’t go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt. — Peter O

I’m Irish. That means I’m Catholic. But, truth is, now I’m a retired Christian. — Peter O

The common denominator of all my friends is that they’re dead. — Peter O

I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery. — Peter O

I have no memories I’m prepared to share with you. — Peter O

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! — Peter O

When my father would come home from the track after a good day, the whole room would light up; it was fairyland. But when he lost, it was black. In our house, it was always either a wake … or a wedding. — Peter O

I love working with the young. — Peter O

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. — Peter O

It’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

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

I am human, all too bloody human. — Peter O

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. — Peter O

I can make the best French toast. — Peter O

Being sober for so many years is getting interesting. — Peter O

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

The good parts are the people who don’t make do. They’re the interesting people. Lear doesn’t make do. — Peter O

Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it. — Peter O

My father was a racetrack bookie. — Peter O

You know when you’ve found a part that you want to play. You know it because the part takes you over. It sits in the script waiting for you to play him. — Peter O

A victory? What have we won? We’ve won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned sea. — Peter O

You talk about auteur de cinema having things in their heads and putting them all across, can you imagine Shakespeare writing screenplays? — Peter O

I’m a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else. — Peter O

If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says. — Peter O

Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it. — Peter O

I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script. — Peter O

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. — Peter O