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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.

Al Pacino

Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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Always Early Even Fail Failure Felt Kind Misunderstood On
Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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Different Endure Gom Through Love Stage
What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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Between Person Theatre Thing
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
So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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Always Certain Grew Relationship Something Want Work
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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Actor Author Feeling Joy Person Read Reason Stay
[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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Audience Large Much Presentation Satisfy Vision World
I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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Author Certain Do Feel Way
The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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Better Bug Little People Than Thing Upset You
Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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Crap Hurt Let Love Romantic Tell Through
My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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Almost Career Early Movie Overwhelm Real Stardom
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
Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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Afterward Express Question Read Talk Therapeutic Time
Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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Anything Opinion Personal Life
Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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Baby Freedom Have Say Sorry
It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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Cut Direction Door Evocative First Hear Open Stage Thing Visualize Walk
I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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Actor Age Away Fade Hear Like Old Retire Shock Soldier
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 was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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Happy Much Perform Turn Very
Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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Challenge Either Heal Individual Team
I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Admire Always Comedian Myself People Think
I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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Always Especially Found Movie Much Want Way Younger
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Appellate Atom Cathedral Connect Desire Dream Ego Fiber Grease Human Impulse Optical Point Sharpen Spilt
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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Actor All Day Found Keep Later Lighter Serious Try Younger
What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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Failure Kind Misunderstood Other Yourself
I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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Loud Movie Play Read Record Script Some Together
I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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Actor Dream Journalist Real Stuff Theatre Tomorrow

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