Any project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
AL PACINOLearning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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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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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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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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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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