I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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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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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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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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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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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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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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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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