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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.

Al Pacino

I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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Actor More Often Said Shy Two Type
The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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Act Lot Private Time
I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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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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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Actor Athlete Become Emotional
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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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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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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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.

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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.

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