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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.

Al Pacino

People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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Ask College Film Get Great Home Location Music People Person Restaurant Therapy
A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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Actor Choose Cut Door Lot Much Party Read Script
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
I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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Age Artist Far Hate Life Lot Thing Work
I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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Almost Become Get Know Mode Painter Script Work
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
Either I act or I die.
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Act Die Either
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.
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Actor Author Feeling Joy Person Read Reason Stay
Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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Able Actor Always Become Destroy Famous Get Interpret Necessary Outsider
You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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Agree Conversation Crazy Everybody Hear Something Tell Totally Want
Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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Character Feel Illusion Much Persson Play Too
I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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Anything Happen Nothing Salacious Trust Way Written
Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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Audience Challenge Make Opportunity Play Possible Something Uncomfortable
If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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Actor Fodder Great Meet Opportunity Someone Stuff You
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
When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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Actor Home Mother Movie Take Work

The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.

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