A lot of acting is private time.
AL PACINOThat was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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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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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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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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