If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
AL PACINOAnd 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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Without coffee something’s missing
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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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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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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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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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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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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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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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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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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