I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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A lot of acting is private time.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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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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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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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.
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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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