A lot of acting is private time.
AL PACINOTheir 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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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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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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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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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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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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