Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
AL PACINOMy own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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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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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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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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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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