There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
AL PACINOWhether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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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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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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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 would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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