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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.

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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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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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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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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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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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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.
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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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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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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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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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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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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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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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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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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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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 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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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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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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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.

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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.

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