Fascinating interview. He was from a generation of extraordinary British stage and screen actors who made their names in the 50s and 60s. (Love that balcony too!)
@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk Yes, he was Irish. He had an Irish passport, his father was Irish, and always called himself Irish in interviews, he never once said he was English, but an Irishman brought up in Yorkshire. He lived mainly in Galway, Ireland since Lawrence of Arabia was released until his death. In this video, he is described as a Yorkshire-Irish actor. Richard Harris, fellow Irish actor and very close friend, called O'Toole an Irish actor, not English
His interview with Dick Cavett reveals that he was a terribly shy man, racked by anxiety in interview situations, which is probably why he's talking to his friend here.
Yes. It really depended on the interviewer, in his case. In several interviews, he is clearly uncomfortable and nervous. But in his great interview with Robert Osborne toward the end of his life, he was much more at ease because Osborne was the greatest interviewer of all time, bar none.
Back in around 1985 I was walking through Soho in London at dusk. I looked up a street and slightly blinded by the retreating sun I saw a silhouette of a very tall slim person with a black cape flying behind him due to the speed he was walking. His hair was dyed blond which also stood out. When he came into focus I realised it was Peter O'Toole. You could not miss him he was posed such a dramatic figure.
Yep, he was born on August 2nd, 1932 (he was born the same year that my late Grandpa John was). Filming on Lawrence of Arabia started on May 15th, 1961 and ended on September 21st, 1962. So he was 28 when filming started and had just turned 30 when it wrapped.
Not only did Peter O’Toole give a fantastic, compelling performance in this film, he was also smoking hot in it. And I don’t mean hot because he was in the desert! 😍 and in two different interviews, 5 decades apart, he does the same little quirk, which is snapping his fingers while saying that something “clicked” for him. He does it at 4:07 here, and he also does it in his last public interview with Robert Osborne in 2011.
Hard to be😂lieve he left school at 14. I saw him being interviewed with Orson Wells, and he had no problem keeping step with a first rate mind, because Peter O'Toole obviously has one.
Authentic and uncensored man. Certainly missing today in actors. Today actors are concerned about fitting into the same mold, tiptoeing for acceptance. Exceptions are the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Jim Carrey, and Dennis Quaid.
Game recognizing game here…O’Toole is nice and toasty drunk during this interview. Like hyper-functional alcoholic drunk. One high-functioning storyteller to another.
Young men back in those days always looked older than their years... a level of maturity males of subsequent generations simply don't possess. The flies in that place...
@@janetbarkwith Don’t cream your panties dear; I’m only quoting from the diaries. You really should substantiate what you’ve written. Where is your evidence? Please provide it.
I love how this man went on to voice Anton Ego in Ratatouille. Such a legend. Love his work. R.I.P good sir
What a great actor 👍
Never won an Oscar though for some reason.
@@hilaryepstein6013 That’s a shame
This reveals more about how he approached playing Lawrence than anything else.
A very striking man
Fascinating interview. He was from a generation of extraordinary British stage and screen actors who made their names in the 50s and 60s. (Love that balcony too!)
Yes. , Alec Guinness , Lawrence Olivier , Peter O'Toole , Richard Harris , Richard Burton , weren't we the lucky ones .....
O'Toole was Irish.
@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk Yes, he was Irish. He had an Irish passport, his father was Irish, and always called himself Irish in interviews, he never once said he was English, but an Irishman brought up in Yorkshire. He lived mainly in Galway, Ireland since Lawrence of Arabia was released until his death. In this video, he is described as a Yorkshire-Irish actor. Richard Harris, fellow Irish actor and very close friend, called O'Toole an Irish actor, not English
His interview with Dick Cavett reveals that he was a terribly shy man, racked by anxiety in interview situations, which is probably why he's talking to his friend here.
Yes. It really depended on the interviewer, in his case. In several interviews, he is clearly uncomfortable and nervous. But in his great interview with Robert Osborne toward the end of his life, he was much more at ease because Osborne was the greatest interviewer of all time, bar none.
@@12classics39 He seemed very comfortable here with this interviewer, maybe b/c he was also his friend
completely agree at the heart of this acting genius was a very shy man who slipped easily into "other persona,s "as a means to camoflage his own
Amazing bit of footage. Thanks ever so much for digging it up! I can't quite wrap my head around just how young he was back then.
Back in around 1985 I was walking through Soho in London at dusk. I looked up a street and slightly blinded by the retreating sun I saw a silhouette of a very tall slim person with a black cape flying behind him due to the speed he was walking. His hair was dyed blond which also stood out. When he came into focus I realised it was Peter O'Toole. You could not miss him he was posed such a dramatic figure.
A fabulous actor a very humble man with a beautiful voice ...watch him receive his honoury Oscar....perfect. They dont make actors like him anymore ❤
Peter o toole what a superb actor gave every scene he did with compassion strength and full concentration one of the best actors ever lived
His voice and his eyes are enchanting.
😊 "breathaking"
29, he walks like my grandfather
This was wonderful. I adored this man. I’ve seen pictures of the real Lawrence and the resemblance is striking.
Except for the fact that Lawrence was 5’5”
Yes. O’Toole was 6’2”. Apart from that they looked alike. 😅
Tremendous interview. O'Toole--a genius and master.
what a wonderful treat! thank you very much.
Lawrence was 5'6 as was Mr Churchill and Lord Admiral Nelson ... so really the best height to be ... O'Toole is wonderful ...
He changed my life when I was 17...never looked back. Thanks, Peter ❤
Wow did not know he was that young at the time
Yep, he was born on August 2nd, 1932 (he was born the same year that my late Grandpa John was). Filming on Lawrence of Arabia started on May 15th, 1961 and ended on September 21st, 1962. So he was 28 when filming started and had just turned 30 when it wrapped.
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for posting this. I've always wanted to see the interview in it's entirety.
Not only did Peter O’Toole give a fantastic, compelling performance in this film, he was also smoking hot in it. And I don’t mean hot because he was in the desert! 😍 and in two different interviews, 5 decades apart, he does the same little quirk, which is snapping his fingers while saying that something “clicked” for him. He does it at 4:07 here, and he also does it in his last public interview with Robert Osborne in 2011.
"The desert is where God was born." This is one of the greatest interviews ever.
Un souvenir hante un autre mais la roue avance avec la même vitesse
Great that Kenneth is there...x.
i`m 25 and he feels and looks atlleast 15 years older than me ^^
We lived back then. X
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I love how at 8:40 he just picked a booger, rolled it up in a ball, and then threatened to eat it. The suspense just keeps building
Wtf?
Hard to be😂lieve he left school at 14. I saw him being interviewed with Orson Wells, and he had no problem keeping step with a first rate mind, because Peter O'Toole obviously has one.
89yrs old this year
90 next year 🙄
God, he was gorgeous! I prefer him with the bleached blonde hair instead of his actual hair color which was light brown.
Man, he chained smoked.
8foot 5 !
The man's a giant !
I know, that's mad! He was a giant!
Goodness he was a troublemaker. Read Brian Blessed’s autobiography. He has a few stories involving O’Toole.
Him, Oliver Reed and Richard Burton....what a trio that would be !
"Come on me Beauties!!!!
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Good ol’ Peter; always had a flat cap on and a cigarette in his mouth.
As a British born I love Peter o Toole but he could never be 29 years old in this interview
He was born in August 1932, and this interview took place in the summer of 1962, so yes he would have been 29 years old.
Yes, I thought he was older too, must be the cap😀
It’s the dry desert sun .
The smoking and the boozing is already aging him. Plus we are all subject to the genes we inherit.
Looks even Older in Caligula
Giggle 6:28 omg
👌👌👌🙏
He was only 29 here??? Motherpacker looked and walked like a 40 year old. But still... one of the greatest actors who ever lived.
Authentic and uncensored man. Certainly missing today in actors. Today actors are concerned about fitting into the same mold, tiptoeing for acceptance. Exceptions are the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Jim Carrey, and Dennis Quaid.
4:25 "wtf is this manlet going on about?"
"Not being the obvious choice" - yes, it's called acting.
O Toole was a man of unnatural appetites...
Game recognizing game here…O’Toole is nice and toasty drunk during this interview. Like hyper-functional alcoholic drunk.
One high-functioning storyteller to another.
A মএস্ট্রো😅
He was always old
Young men back in those days always looked older than their years... a level of maturity males of subsequent generations simply don't possess. The flies in that place...
People aged worse back then because smoking and drinking was more socially acceptable back then not because of "maturity"
Major economic depressions and global wars can also do that to you.
sunlight, better diets, less eugenics, less race mixing
Richard Burton thought him a gross egoist and a hopeless difficult drunk (pot calling kettle I know 😂)
That may well be so, but he could act Burton off the stage or screen. Burton was always Burton. O'Toole inhabited his characters.
@@janetbarkwith Don’t cream your panties dear; I’m only quoting from the diaries. You really should substantiate what you’ve written. Where is your evidence? Please provide it.