It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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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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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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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 hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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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 understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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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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