Peter O'Toole movie quotes

“Convincing the world fairly to consider a new idea takes patience, perseverance, and a willingness to fight the good fight in any media forum one can find.”
Peter O'Toole - Dr. Timothy Flyte

“- Willingham: These are a few of our traditional English dishes, some of which will be served tonight. Here, we have roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, bangers and mash, and the ever-popular spotted dick.
- Ralph: Spotted dick? Dick of what?
- Willingham: These are the bangers. Sausages.”

Peter O'Toole - Willingham
John Goodman - Ralph

- Alan Swann: Now, all we have to do is get from here - to there.
- Benjy Stone: It won't work!
- Alan Swann: It worked perfectly well in "A Slight Case of Divorce"!
- Benjy Stone: That was a movie! This is real life!
- Alan Swann: What is the difference?

Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann
Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone

“- Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston: Words are important.
- Pu Yi - 15 Years: Why are words important?
- Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston: 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'Toole - Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston
Tao Wu - Pu Yi - 15 Years

“Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.”
Peter O'Toole

“If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it.”
Peter O'Toole

“The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.”
Peter O'Toole

“The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket.”
Peter O'Toole

“- Willingham: How's it going, Your Majesty?
- Ralph: Great. We've got nothing in common and she's got a voice like a tuba. If she had her way, we'd have sex on a bed of nails on national television. But at least the party stinks.”

Peter O'Toole - Willingham
John Goodman - Ralph

“- Mrs. Plunkett: Oh! Taking the easy way out, you naughty boy!
- Peter Plunkett: Mother, please! This is not easy, this is very, very difficult!”

Liz Smith - Mrs. Plunkett
Peter O'Toole - Peter Plunkett

“Do you really think death frightens me now? I watched my eldest son die.”

Peter O'Toole - Priam

“- Col. Hamilton-Brown: My men haven't eaten since yesterday and there won't be any supplies until I get them back to Isandhlwana.
- Lord Chelmsford: Then they can start off now and you can join them when you've eaten.
- Col. Hamilton-Brown: Kind of you, My Lord, but I don't think it would be proper for me to sit at your table, they with their...” (continue)(continue reading)
Nigel Davenport - Col. Hamilton-Brown
Peter O'Toole - Lord Chelmsford

“Show yourself. Gods have nothing to fear... Or do they?”

Peter O'Toole - Dr. Timothy Flyte

“- Sy Benson: He's plastered!
- Alan Swann: So are some of the finest erections in Europe.”

Bill Macy - Sy Benson
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann

“- Benjy Stone: Mr. Swann, I think I'm going to be unwell.
- Alan Swann: Stone, ladies are unwell. Gentlemen vomit.”
Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann

“- Willingham: Just a few quick questions to probe your knowledge of English history...
- Ralph: Fine.
- Willingham: When she failed to give him a son, Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn...?
- Ralph: Look into adoption?
- Willingham: Beheaded.”

Peter O'Toole - Willingham
John Goodman - Ralph

“- K.C. Downing: Benjamin, we're in the middle of an interesting conversation, here.
- Benjy Stone: I bet it's real interesting. What's the subject of this interesting conversation?
- Alan Swann: These eyes. They're Merle Oberon's eyes.
- Benjy Stone: Merle Oberon's! And what's Merle doing for eyes? Using Katharine Hepburn's?”

Jessica Harper - K.C. Downing
Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann

“- Pu Yi - 15 Years: Where are your ancestors buried?
- Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston: In Scotland, your majesty.
- Pu Yi - 15 Years: But then, where's your skirt? In your country, men wear short skirts, do they not?
- Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston: No, your majesty, Scotmen do not wear skirts. They wear kilts.”
Tao Wu - Pu Yi - 15 Years
Peter O'Toole - Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston

“Most great artists find mathematics troublesome, Kara. Only use your imagination. Saturn and Earth are in outer space, but we - we are in inner space.”
Peter O'Toole - Zaltar

“Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere.”
Peter O'Toole - Anton Ego

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and theirselves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more...” (continue)(continue reading)
Peter O'Toole - Anton Ego

“- Willingham: That's George III. You may remember him. He was king during that little temper tantrum you call the Revolutionary War.
- Ralph: Sounds like sour grapes to me, Ced. After all, we did kick your ass.
- Willingham: The loss is entirely yours, or rather, theirs. Try to remember you're an Englishman now.
- Ralph: Okay, but I still think...” (continue)(continue reading)

Peter O'Toole - Willingham
John Goodman - Ralph

“- Benjy Stone: Mr. Swann, I was supposed to watch you, remember?
- Alan Swann: Good. Watch this.”

Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann

“- Alan Swann: We'll talk over dinner.
- Benjy Stone: Me? You? The Stork Club?
- Alan Swann: Well, after that rather eloquent speech you made earlier this morning, I didn't think you'd mind having dinner with me.
- Benjy Stone: You heard that? But, you were out?
- Alan Swann: There's out and there's out.”
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann
Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone

“What's in a name? A rose by any other name would wither and die.”
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann