They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
AL PACINOI don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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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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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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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 had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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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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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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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 feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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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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