One 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.
AL PACINOLearning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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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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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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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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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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