If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
AL PACINOOne of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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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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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 turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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