Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
AL PACINOSo I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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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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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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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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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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