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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.

Al Pacino

I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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Extent Feeling Prefer Show Some Thought Time
Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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Able Actor Always Become Destroy Famous Get Interpret Necessary Outsider
I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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Controversy Feel Go Person Provoke Risk Something Take Wherever
Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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All Career Cop Ealy Flee People Remember Run
The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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Actor Director Filmmaker Journey Person Play Story Struggle
I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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Being Country Emotion Guess Outgoing Tradition
My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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All Being Feel Known Movie People Play Stuff Television Well
There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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Actor Air Country Great Name Once Play Show Sleep Stage Summer
The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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Anodynes Bath Need Some Times Truth Word
My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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Come Euthanasia Something Weakness Wish
I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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Destroy Make Out Paint Something Soon Unconscious
I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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Maid Out Paper Scrap Threw
I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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Confuse Corner Deal Dope Guy Look Part Play Real Someone Street
I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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Concern Demand Different Go Movie Play
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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Deal Machine Movie Much Orchestrate Play Source Wire Word
Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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Audience Learn Make See Something Try

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