When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
AL PACINOI found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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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.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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