I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
AL PACINOThere was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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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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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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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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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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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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