I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
AL PACINOWhen you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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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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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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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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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 did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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