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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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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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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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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 did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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