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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.

Al Pacino

It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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Anyway Character Hard Like Play Something
sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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Angel Better Devil Know Sometimes
When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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Ask Autograph Country Old People Restaurant Table Talk Under Went Year
Any project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
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Attach Encourage Interest Project Studio
It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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Business Personal Strict
Vanity: my favorite sin.
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Favorite Sin Vanity
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
Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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Children Exposure Name Pretty Soon Start Worry
What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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Failure Kind Misunderstood Other Yourself
You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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After Anybody Film Less Movie Onstage Over Together Until You
My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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All Being Feel Known Movie People Play Stuff Television Well
I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Admire Always Comedian Myself People Think
I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Afterward Feel Gold Guess Medal Now Olympic Oscar Week Win
Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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Back Decision Forward Life Look Moment
You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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Cash Puttin Register Say Sudden Talk
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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Charlatan Experience Feel Long People Play Scene Stuff Way

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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