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Peter O'Toole announces retirement from acting: "The heart for it has gone out of me"

post #1 of 13
7/10/12 at 4:31pm
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post #2 of 13
7/10/12 at 4:37pm

That fucking sucks.  The man deserved to WIN an Oscar for best actor, not get something honorary.

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post #3 of 13
7/10/12 at 4:44pm

Venus, Ratatouille and Dean Spanley are all incredible, some of the best stuff he's done in 20 years, and he's never really been out of work. But he looks pretty frail, so I'm glad he'll wind down a bit and enjoy his last few years with family.

 

*raises glass of port*

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post #4 of 13
7/10/12 at 5:35pm
Well that's a damn shame, but I gotta respect a guy who calls it quits on his own terms entirely because he feels he's done. Take care, Mr. O'Toole, and thanks for a hell of a lot of great work.
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post #5 of 13
7/10/12 at 5:44pm

Sucks for us who will be deprived of his work, but great for him if it means he enjoys his twilight years that much more.
 

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post #6 of 13
7/13/12 at 9:14am

Sad news, but not unexpected. When O'Toole returned to the screen in Troy in 2004 his performance was the best part of the film, but his frailty was impossible not to notice. I'm surprised to learn he's only 79. He looks like a much older man. I hope he enjoys his retirement and is having a blast. His film legacy will last forever.


Edited by Dr Harford - 7/13/12 at 9:40am
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post #7 of 13
7/13/12 at 9:24am

The man's a legend, and like commodorejohn said you have to respect the guy for bowing out gracefully when he knows he's through. He's done immortal work, and deserves to kick back (not that he's really worked in years anyway, so this announcement's no real surprise).

 

Ollie Reed's gone, O' Toole's retired: so few left to remind the movie stars of today of what pussies they are. Clint better keep quaffing that virgin's blood, because we need him now more than ever.

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post #8 of 13
7/13/12 at 9:28am

He's the Stanley Kubrick of Best Actor snubs.
 

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post #9 of 13
7/13/12 at 9:35am
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Originally Posted by Workyticket View Post

The man's a legend, and like commodorejohn said you have to respect the guy for bowing out gracefully when he knows he's through. He's done immortal work, and deserves to kick back (not that he's really worked in years anyway, so this announcement's no real surprise).

 

Ollie Reed's gone, O' Toole's retired: so few left to remind the movie stars of today of what pussies they are. Clint better keep quaffing that virgin's blood, because we need him now more than ever.

Christopher Plummer is going strong.

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post #10 of 13
7/13/12 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by commodorejohn View Post

Well that's a damn shame, but I gotta respect a guy who calls it quits on his own terms entirely because he feels he's done. Take care, Mr. O'Toole, and thanks for a hell of a lot of great work.

 

 

Newman bowed out the same way. 

 

 

THEN HE DIED. 

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post #11 of 13
7/17/12 at 8:32am

Every time I read a story about O'Toole, my reaction is the same: "Dude's still alive?"

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post #12 of 13
7/17/12 at 10:12am
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I suppose he looks somewhat older, but he's only 79.

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post #13 of 13
7/17/12 at 2:11pm
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Every time I read a story about O'Toole, my reaction is the same: "Dude's still alive?"

 

 

He pickled himself past the point of being able to die by 1979. 

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