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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.

Al Pacino

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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Do Lot Material Much Right Sometimes Thing Think
I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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Deep Long People Period Relationship Time
Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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Biochemical Chocolate Different Eat Love Overrate Quantity
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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Actor Age Away Fade Hear Like Old Retire Shock Soldier
[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
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Autobiographical Guess House Kid Oscar Sense Stuff
I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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Film First Lot Made Movie One Time Turn
I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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Director Get Go Shore Some Stood Table Thought Wash Whale
It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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Learn Much People Use Way Worry
I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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Actor Dream Journalist Real Stuff Theatre Tomorrow
Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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Author Bit Bore Education Learn Play School
I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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Loud Movie Play Read Record Script Some Together
Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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Age Change Everything Feeling Part Play Role Ten Want Year
I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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Actor Heart Help Hollywood Pool Shape Star Swim
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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All Boggles Great Leave Probably Speech Understand Written
All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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Dancer Due Respect Try Modest
When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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Act Back Camera Give Keep never Talk When

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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