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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.

Al Pacino

I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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Director Identification More Much Rebell Understand Want Youngster
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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Couple Especial Live Made Married Mistake Once Think Time
A lot of acting is private time.
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Act Lot Private Time
I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Become Keep Love Otherwise Perspective Preoccupation Sex Work
I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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Film First Lot Made Movie One Time Turn
Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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Challenge Either Heal Individual Team
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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Assemble Care Fact Gun Learn Scent Woman
We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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Anodynes Day Help Life Park Realize Stuff Through Want
I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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Always Believe Character Express Film Humanity More Opportunity Person Really Something Try Write
Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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Corporation Each Fight Forget Other People Sometimes
Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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Character Feel Illusion Much Persson Play Too
Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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Look Swallow Taste Touch
I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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Actor Dream Journalist Real Stuff Theatre Tomorrow
You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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Come Finally Friend Point Women
I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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Accept Art High Level Perform Scholastic School
I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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Back Certain Comfortable Control Film Hold More Play Sense

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