I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
AL PACINOActually, 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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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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