I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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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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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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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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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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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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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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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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