[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
AL PACINOThe thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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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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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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Either I act or I die.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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I do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it’s hard for me to discern. I don’t like what it’s doing to the world.
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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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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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