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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.

Al Pacino

I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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I do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it’s hard for me to discern. I don’t like what it’s doing to the world.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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Every Fifty Poem Probably Writing Year
I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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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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Back Bring Earth Like Literal Magnet Stage Thing
You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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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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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.

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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.

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