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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.

Al Pacino

The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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Artist Interest Play Thing Vision Yet
A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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Actor Choose Cut Door Lot Much Party Read Script
What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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Failure Kind Misunderstood Other Yourself
I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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Actor Heart Help Hollywood Pool Shape Star Swim
It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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Learn Much People Use Way Worry
One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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Actor Ever Gull Made One Play Sea Thing Want
The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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Before Fall Fruit Ready Shake Tree
Vanity is my favourite sin.
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Favourite Sin Vanity
If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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All Get Just Tangled Tango
I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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Actor Disappointment Expect Great Opportunity Think Too
I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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Director Get Go Shore Some Stood Table Thought Wash Whale
I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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Always Country Display Emotion Have Person Temperament Tradition Violent
“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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Always Catch Do Sleep Try
When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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Act Back Camera Give Keep never Talk When
You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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Agree Conversation Crazy Everybody Hear Something Tell Totally Want
I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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Discourage Encourage Idea Own Real Way

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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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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