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I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.

Al Pacino

There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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Honesty People Reality Sense Strong
To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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Fact Love Man Matter Truly Woman
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
At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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Audition Career Children Deal Humble Other Point Rejection Thing
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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Advice Careful Kid Mantra Person Want
I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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Another Beyond Find Genuflect Higher Obe Pedestal Use Used Way Woman
An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Actor Ask Basically Feel Gratify Matter Natural Position Sit Something Wait
I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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Dark Everywhere Go Shy Sunglass Wear
It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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Blunt Edge Ever Heal Merciful Slight Time Turn Way Wound
You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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Almost Costly Even Marriage Marry Though
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Appellate Atom Cathedral Connect Desire Dream Ego Fiber Grease Human Impulse Optical Point Sharpen Spilt
You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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Audition Got Opportunity Thing Think
You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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Done Get Go Great Guy Magic Out Thing
I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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Good Happen Like Live Negative People Speak Very Way Young
Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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Audience Learn Make See Something Try
I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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Age Defensive Down Fall Fight Hit Learn Someone Throw Up Wrestler Young

I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.

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I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.

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