Editing Peter O'Toole (section)

=== Personal views ===

While studying at RADA in the early 1950s, O'Toole opposed the [[Korean War]], and later became a supporter of the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]. During the 1960s, he was involved in the [[opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War]]. He played a role in the creation of the current form of the well-known Irish folk song "[[Carrickfergus (song)|Carrickfergus]]" which he related to [[Dominic Behan]], who put it in print and made a recording in the mid-1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/DF0qr4q0mnM|work=[[NME]]|access-date=15 December 2013|title=Harris & O'Toole – Carrickfergus video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215222105/http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/DF0qr4q0mnM|archive-date=15 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although he lost faith in [[organised religion]] as a teenager, O'Toole expressed positive sentiments regarding the life of Jesus Christ. In an interview for ''[[The New York Times]]'', he said "No one can take Jesus away from me... there's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace." He called himself "a retired Christian" who prefers "an education and reading and facts" to faith.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/arts/television/26tudo.html|title=Papal Robes, and Deference, Fit O'Toole Snugly|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 July 2007|first=Anita|last=Gates}}</ref>

British Pakistani playwright [[Hanif Kureishi]] states in his memoir that O'Toole told him "The only Paki I ever liked was Omar Sharif."<ref name='shattered'>{{cite book |last=Kureishi |first=Hanif |date=19 November 2024 |title=Shattered |url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/shattered-9780241667958 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780241667958 |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>