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.
AL PACINOSometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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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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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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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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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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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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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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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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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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