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The 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.

Al Pacino

All I am is what I’m going after.
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After All Go
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
There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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Doubt Event Life Self Unwelcome
[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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Audience Large Much Presentation Satisfy Vision World
“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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Always Catch Do Sleep Try
There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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Actor Air Country Great Name Once Play Show Sleep Stage Summer
I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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Adjust How Marvelous People Wonder Would
I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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Found Kind Off Out Put Sometimes Temperamental
I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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Baby Country Feeling Little Paper Poem Something Spectacular Throw Wrote
That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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Act Anything Else First Physical Struck Thing
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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Audience Learn Make See Something Try
Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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Bad Big Payday Script Show
My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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Grandfather Joy Kind Life Provider Work
Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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Better Bit Little Man Reputation Worse
I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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Deep Long People Period Relationship Time
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

The 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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The 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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