Even though I only saw a few of his movies–the thing that stands out most clearly in my mind is the TV miniseries Masada–O’Toole was always so compelling and fascinating. I would swear I saw him interviewed on Later With Bob Costas, but I must be thinking about some other talk show where he talked at length about his career and what an exciting time the sixties were. He told the interviewer that for much of that decade he would only sleep in short fits, sometimes in the middle of conversations, because there was so much going on and he didn’t want to miss anything.
Sadly I was just thinking earlier this month that I should take advantage of the holiday to finally see Laurence of Arabia. I’ll take this as a grim reminder that I should have plugged that hole in my education a long time ago.
