It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
AL PACINOIt’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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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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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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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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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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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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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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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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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 grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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