Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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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 have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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