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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.

Al Pacino

I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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Always Believe Character Express Film Humanity More Opportunity Person Really Something Try Write
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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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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Actor More Often Said Shy Two Type
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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Actor Athlete Emotional Felt Life Painful Personal Suffer
I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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Concentration Happy No Only
I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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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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Audience Challenge Make Opportunity Play Possible Something Uncomfortable
Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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After Dad Grandfather Maternal Mother Raise Real War

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