There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
AL PACINOIt would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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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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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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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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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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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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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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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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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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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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