I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
AL PACINOWe were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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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 literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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