I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
AL PACINOThe play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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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 was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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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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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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