Peter O'Toole

We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.

I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you.

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

Right after I left drama school, I had a job.

A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred to me halfway through the meeting that what I was doing was auditioning. And I thought, 'Well, hang on buddy. I've done half a century of this.'

Public crucifixion is no fun.

Money is always a pressure.

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

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

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

I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star.

An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world.