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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.

Al Pacino

It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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Actor Become Get Home Influence Out Part
If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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Empathize Identify People Therefore Thing Understand
After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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After Close Hell One Real Slomaybe Thing Think Use
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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Destroy Make Out Paint Something Soon Unconscious
I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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Instead Month People Personally Play Think Want Week Work
Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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Look Swallow Taste Touch
I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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Cook First Friend Important Love Very Want Women
I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Become Keep Love Otherwise Perspective Preoccupation Sex Work
I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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Found Kind Off Out Put Sometimes Temperamental
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 an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
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Actors Character Everything Perceive Play Relation Seen Thing World
I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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Maid Out Paper Scrap Threw
The 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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Artist Interest Play Thing Vision Yet
I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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Book Fifteen Knew Least Natural Twenty Want Year
All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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Dancer Due Respect Try Modest
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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Certainly Director Editor Fourty Language Make Movie Myself Pick Second Stuff Write Year

Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.

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