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.
AL PACINOFrancis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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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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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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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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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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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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