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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.

Al Pacino

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
I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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Anything Character Feel Like Made Mistake Regret
It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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Around Believe Boring Funny Get Insufferbly Into Make Movie People Waiting
People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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Ask College Film Get Great Home Location Music People Person Restaurant Therapy
You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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Audition Got Opportunity Thing Think
The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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Actor Director Filmmaker Journey Person Play Story Struggle
I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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Ask Pause Probably Same Strength Thing
Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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Country History Know Look Take Terrorist
And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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Back Cut First Later Listen Movie Play Rough Sort
It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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Cut Direction Door Evocative First Hear Open Stage Thing Visualize Walk
You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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Done Get Go Great Guy Magic Out Thing
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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Be Dance Due Modest Respect Star Think
I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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Being Country Emotion Guess Outgoing Tradition
I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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Being Celebrity Country Kind never Position Thing Unnatural Weight Word
I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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Author Certain Do Feel Way
My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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Children Feel Humble Make Pretty Quick Reject

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