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.
AL PACINO“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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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’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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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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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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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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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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