It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from
films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back.

My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought
me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought
me together with fine people, good companions with whom I’ve shared the
inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits.

However, it’s my belief that one should decide for oneself
when it is time to end one’s stay.

So I bid the profession a dry-eyed and profoundly grateful
farewell.

Ever,

Peter O’Toole

Here are some of O’Toole’s most memorable moments:

Click HERE for The Lion in Winter (1968.) 

Click HERE for What’s New Pussycat (1965.)

Click HERE for O’Toole and Orson Welles discussing Hamlet (1963.)

Click HERE to see SNL’s version of the famously drunk movie star.

Click HERE to see O’Toole’s version of the famously drunk movie star.

Finally, click HERE to see the trailer for Lawrence of Arabia.