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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.

Al Pacino

I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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Ask Change Daughter Name Oldest Once School Thought
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Appellate Atom Cathedral Connect Desire Dream Ego Fiber Grease Human Impulse Optical Point Sharpen Spilt
I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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Almost Become Get Know Mode Painter Script Work
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
[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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Great Group Kid Ocean Opportunity Thirteen Work
I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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Director Identification More Much Rebell Understand Want Youngster
I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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Artist Play Temperament Think
If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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Contribute Exercise Feel Find Mean Role Something Though Way
Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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Audition Only Sometimes Way
It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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Business Personal Strict
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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Always Better Gift Good Idea Know Real Say
I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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Director Get Go Shore Some Stood Table Thought Wash Whale
The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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Act Demand Different Experience More Stage Through
Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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Actor Air Always Big Certain Come Deal Era Movie
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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Act All Care Do Repeat Result Risk Think Yourself
There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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