Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
AL PACINOJamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies 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 haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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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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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
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