Think Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt, Peter O'Toole in Venus, Paul Newman in Road to Perdition, or about 85% of the roles that Michael Caine has accepted in the past decade.

回想杰克·尼科尔森在《关于施密特》、彼得·奥图在《末路爱神》、保罗·纽曼在《毁灭之路》里面的角色，又或者在过去十年里迈克尔·凯恩扮演的85%的角色，都要求演员扮演同龄人。

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"Richard Air works in theatre because he remembers seeing Peter O'Toole playing Hamlet here in the 1950s, " said Mr Morris.

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If he loses this one, he will have eight nominations without winning, which would be a sad thing because Peter O'Toole is really great.

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He also received some financial support from the Peter O'Toole Scholarship.

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