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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.

Al Pacino

Without coffee something’s missing
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Coffee Miss Something
Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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Actor Air Always Big Certain Come Deal Era Movie
The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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Artist Interest Play Thing Vision Yet
That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
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Always Body Felt Humour Kind Like Person Stuff
An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Actor Ask Basically Feel Gratify Matter Natural Position Sit Something Wait
Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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Anybody Important Writer
So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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Audience Each Extraordinary Give Other Sense Thing Turf Wild
I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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Always Cope Flee Gone Run Career Theatre Wa
I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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Actor More Often Said Shy Two Type
My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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Cope First Have Language Learn Limelight Only Shy Thrust
Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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Believe Comedy Comic Myself People Saw Stand Start Tell Them Up
My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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Almost Career Early Movie Overwhelm Real Stardom
It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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Act Do Older Realize Really Something Until
A lot of acting is private time.
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Act Lot Private Time
Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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Anybody Care Do Risk Take
You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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Know Mouth never Open Shot Until
The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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Act All Care Do Repeat Result Risk Think Yourself
You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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Alone Book Got never
If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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Contribute Exercise Feel Find Mean Role Something Though Way
I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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Care Drug Most Needle never People Saw
What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
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Do Else Endure Got Instrument Something Talent
That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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Around Care Live People Way
If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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Actor Fodder Great Meet Opportunity Someone Stuff You
I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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Alive Anywhere Else More Street Take Theater
I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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Ebnergy Fairty Go Happu Kid Kind Life With
When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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Course Kind Kindm Ride Movie Pair Passage Sex Star Think Younger
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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Almost Become Get Know Mode Painter Script Work

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