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Al Pacino

I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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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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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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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 wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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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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