The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
AL PACINOThe interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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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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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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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.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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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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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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