Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
AL PACINOSometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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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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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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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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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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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 do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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