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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.

Al Pacino

When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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Great Happen Play Read Some Something Talk Writer
I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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Away Curiosity Daughter Know Long Oldest Run
Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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Anything Opinion Personal Life
The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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Actor Between Buy Difference Early Morning Order Painter Somebody Spend Time Waiting Watch
Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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Career Do Feel Forget Go Happen Line Someplace Thing Vision Work
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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After Army Become College Dad Education Insurance Salesman War World
I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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Actor Decide Great Philosophy Someday Use Want
Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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Audition Only Sometimes Way
I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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Always Been Bit Came Kind Squeamish Thing
It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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Easy Eye Fool Hard Heart
Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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Inspirational Person Play Scarface Violent
My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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Almost Career Early Movie Overwhelm Real Stardom
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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Believe Country Go Know Large Majority Part People Story Whole
I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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Character Everything Get Pick Pool Pursue Something Wrong
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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Come Finally Friend Point Women
The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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Anodynes Bath Need Some Times Truth Word
One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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Actor Ever Gull Made One Play Sea Thing Want
There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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Author Be Interest Movie Role Script Would
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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Doe Gift Good Instrument Kind Long Mimicry Person Real Redeition Talent Thing Tonal
Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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Exact Same Sometimes Thing
My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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Cope First Have Language Learn Limelight Only Shy Thrust
Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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Country History Know Look Take Terrorist
At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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Actor Air Flip Later Look Nowhere Out Point Robe Start Wear
I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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Concern Demand Different Go Movie Play
A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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Desire Dessert Dollop Kiss Lusty Passion Savor Serve
I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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Act Always Comedy Country Felt Help More Movie Much Style
All I am is what I’m going after.
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After All Go

Francis 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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