I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
AL PACINOEarly 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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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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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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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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