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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.

Al Pacino

Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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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 want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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Audition Only Sometimes Way
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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Access All Many Over People Place Point Thing Wonderful World
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 put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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Favourite Sin Vanity
I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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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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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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The 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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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.

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