Lots of young people say they love old people, but in the way that they love little kitties or pictures of babies making I’ve-got-gas faces. “So adorable,” they exclaim. “I could just squeeze them forever." But let’s face it, when it comes to real life, young people are freaked by olds. They don’t want to think about having to pee in a bag or dying alone. They don’t want to listen to their lengthy stories or help them buy tea. And they certainly don’t want to deal with the fact that although they’re decades older than them, many olds still want to fuck the youth silly. Face it youngsters, olds are people, too, and olds can be cool. Here’s one special senior who’s got it going on more than you do.
Peter O’Toole is cool. In his youth he was star of the stage and screen and he’s still totally representing. Back in the day he was a handsome young scamp who got up to all sorts of alcohol related mischief and even after having a bunch of his stomach and intestine removed in the mid-70’s from too much boozing he’s still a working actor in his mid-seventies. And these aren’t pity-roles either. His performance was absolutely amazing in Venus, his voice-over work in Ratatouille was great, and he’s got seven roles on the go for this year alone, including playing the Pope on The Tudors. At 75 years old? You wish! If you still don’t think Peter O’Toole is cool then stick this quote in your pipe and smoke it.
The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.