When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
AL PACINOGreat directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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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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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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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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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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Either I act or I die.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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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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All I am is what I’m going after.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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