There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
AL PACINOWomen have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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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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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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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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