One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
AL PACINOThey say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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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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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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