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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.

Al Pacino

If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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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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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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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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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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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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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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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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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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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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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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