I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
AL PACINORomantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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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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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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