The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
AL PACINOLove is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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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 destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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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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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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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 don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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