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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.

Al Pacino

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
[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’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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Better Done Get Much Naturally Shy Think
An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Actor Ask Basically Feel Gratify Matter Natural Position Sit Something Wait
Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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After Dad Grandfather Maternal Mother Raise Real War
My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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All Being Feel Known Movie People Play Stuff Television Well
I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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Act Always Comedy Country Felt Help More Movie Much Style
Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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Baby Freedom Have Say Sorry
The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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Back Bring Earth Like Literal Magnet Stage Thing
I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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Extent Feeling Prefer Show Some Thought Time
I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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Always Bad Carpet Day Meet Other People Red Thought
I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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Away Curiosity Daughter Know Long Oldest Run
I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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Director Get Go Shore Some Stood Table Thought Wash Whale
I’m expressing something that I feel is a way to exercise my talent and help communicate a role as a human being in a movie, I will do that.
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Being Communicate Exercise Express Feel Help Human Movie Something
When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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Another Audition Change Mean Opportunity Out Stuff Try Younger
I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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Actor Disappointment Expect Great Opportunity Think Too

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