My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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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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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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