New theory: Peter O'Toole played the most quotable characters in the '80s. Case in point: The vastly underrated 1985 flick Creator, starring O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Virginia Madsen and Vincent Spano. (View trailer)

Oh sure, everyone loves My Favorite Year, but line for line, I'm opting for Creator. If you haven't rented this movie -- following O'Toole as he tries to "regrow" his dead wife (meanwhile his lovestruck lab assistants have some life/death issues of their own) -- you're letting the best of the '80s pass you by.

Don't let all the seemingly religious quotes throw you. This is no Last Temptation of Christ or anything (though the always underappreciated, booming voice of co-star David Ogden Stiers is God-like).

As such, a top 5 list merely won't do.

TOP 10 PETER O'TOOLE LINES FROM CREATOR:

10. "Women's liberation will run its course and we will prevail."

9. "First day of classes. Undergraduate female bottoms as far as the eye can see. In two weeks time, all the really choice bottoms will be in the hands, so to speak, of the varsity athletes."

8. "At the university, I try to please the Federal Government. Here, I negotiate with God."

7. "When Lucy and I first met, Paul, the world was a pet. It came along with us wherever we went, like a good dog. Obedient. Loyal. Friendly. The world responded to our commands."

6. "An institute for advanced research with no funds for research. It's a provocative concept."

5. "One of these days we'll look in to our microscope and find ourselves staring right into God's eyes, and the first one who blinks is going to lose his testicles."

4. "I am pleased to announce this morning that God has agreed to provide us with all the answers we need for just under $800,000."

3. "An orgasm is the fun of creation."

2. "The formula for love: Add up the number of times that you think about the lady each day. Subtract from the total the number of times you think about yourself each day. If the remainder is more lady, and less yourself, then it's love."

1. "I don't think I'd like to be God, not that I'm turning down any offers mind you. But there are six billion people on this planet and I still feel alone. Imagine being One God."

[Actually, the whole movie appears to be on Youtube in 11 installments. Here's the link to part 1.]