Peter O'Toole Quotes

I've had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

That is the thing I'm most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game.

I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre.

I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along.

It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

Normally when people ask me what I do I say I'm an actor, and that's what I always wanted to be and that's the way I approach work even when I'm directing it.

I never intended to be on television or in a movie. The theater was all I ever dreamed about, once I decided to try to make it as a business profession. All this other stuff has just been icing.

The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a one-man show by a river.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

It used to be that if you were on a sitcom you couldn't get work in film because it was so different. Now it's almost like you have to be on TV to do other film work.

That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not because of all the classical theatre you've done. But we can be very snippy about television. It's absolutely the most potent and powerful form of storytelling we have.

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.

Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.

I've been blessed to have acting opportunities in movies, television, as well as Broadway, and definitely want to continue to do so.

It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV.

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

I would most like to do film or TV. Possibly theatre in the future, but I'm in L.A. a lot of the time at the moment and if I was going to do theatre it would be in London.

I liked acting early on, and I really liked roles that were meaningful to me, and 'Baywatch' was.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

Selling a movie feels like a hustle to every bone in my body. Many actors have careers dominated by modeling. They're all over the place. It turns me off. People who are good at what they do ought to practice something bigger.

I've been really fortunate to do so many comedies and then so many dramatic roles and then television and movies and stuff like that.

I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.