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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.

Al Pacino

There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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Actor Do Get Healthy Out Repeat Something Young
“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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Anything Beyond Comprehend Level Mind Person Think
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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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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Act Actor Do Great See Somebody Tradition
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.
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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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 acting is private time.
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Act Lot Private Time
I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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Act Always Even Lie Truth
I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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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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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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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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