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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.

Al Pacino

Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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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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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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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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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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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.

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