You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
AL PACINOI was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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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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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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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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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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