There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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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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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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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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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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