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Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.

Al Pacino

Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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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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I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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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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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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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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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.

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