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.
AL PACINOI used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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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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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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