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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.

Al Pacino

Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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Always Early Even Fail Failure Felt Kind Misunderstood On
The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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Ball Give Only Order Thing World
I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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Age Artist Far Hate Life Lot Thing Work
Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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Better Bit Little Man Reputation Worse
When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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Great Happen Play Read Some Something Talk Writer
I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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Artist Play Temperament Think
I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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Book Fifteen Knew Least Natural Twenty Want Year
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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Act Actor Do Great See Somebody Tradition
Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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Character Feel Illusion Much Persson Play Too
Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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Humor Juxtapose Liberation Mind Strike Thing Way World
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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Actor Athlete Emotional Felt Life Painful Personal Suffer
I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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Instead Month People Personally Play Think Want Week Work
I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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Good Happen Like Live Negative People Speak Very Way Young
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.

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