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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.

Al Pacino

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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Act Anything Else First Physical Struck Thing
I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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Discourage Encourage Idea Own Real Way
I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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All Comedy Help Movie Put
“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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Anything Beyond Comprehend Level Mind Person Think
I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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Alive Anywhere Else More Street Take Theater
Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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Around Do Dub Finally Line Loop Over Wait
Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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Alter Always Equal Importance Issue Onstage Problem Sensibility Sensitive Women Working
I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Bodyguard Bronx Need South
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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Ask Pause Probably Same Strength Thing
I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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Character Everything Get Pick Pool Pursue Something Wrong
Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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Alive Come Director Great Pace Scene Stag Understand Way
Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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Back Drink Life Part Remember Smok
“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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Always Catch Do Sleep Try
Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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Baby Freedom Have Say Sorry
I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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Anything Character Feel Like Made Mistake Regret
Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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Audition Only Sometimes Way
If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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All Get Just Tangled Tango
So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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Being Close Do Everything Kid Next Them
They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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Cost Dreams Make Nothing Priceless Real
Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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Career Do Feel Forget Go Happen Line Someplace Thing Vision Work
What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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Between Person Theatre Thing
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
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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Actor Author Feeling Joy Person Read Reason Stay
I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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Another Appeal Believe Holy Person Picture Revolution Smoke Thing Watch
Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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Ability Detect Exceed Fraud Manufacture Reality Truth
If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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Fix Glow Go Keep Something Work
My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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Advice Careful Kid Mantra Person Want

There is no happiness. There is only concentration.

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