Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
AL PACINOI was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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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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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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