So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
AL PACINOIf you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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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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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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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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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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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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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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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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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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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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