"This human paradox of extreme self-deprecation and grandiose ambition, kindness and sadomasochistic drive remains as mutable as the transcendent desert landscapes that swirl around him," the critics write of the title character in the 1962 film directed by David Lean.
O'Toole told that "I can't imagine anyone whom I'm less like than T.E. Lawrence," but he believed Lean was looking for "someone who could act it rather than be it."
The actor also reminisced over gambling with co-star Omar Sharif in Beirut. "All the money we had earned in nine months, we lost in one night in Beirut," O'Toole told NPR.
