And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
AL PACINOLook, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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