Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
AL PACINOThe literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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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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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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I do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it’s hard for me to discern. I don’t like what it’s doing to the world.
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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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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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