Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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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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 had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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When 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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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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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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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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