Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
AL PACINOI used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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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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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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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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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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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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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 was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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There 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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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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