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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.

Al Pacino

We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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Escape Happen Responsibility Way
I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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Back Certain Comfortable Control Film Hold More Play Sense
I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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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
Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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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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Almost Become Get Know Mode Painter Script Work
I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Bodyguard Bronx Need South
If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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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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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.

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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.

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