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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.

Al Pacino

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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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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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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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.

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