‘God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell.’

– Richard Burton

‘I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it’s true, I never looked back to see the casualties.’

– Richard Harris

‘Booze is the most outrageous of all drugs, which is why I chose it.’

– Peter O’Toole

‘I don’t have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop I’d like to think I would be brave enough to drink myself into the grave.’

– Oliver Reed