It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
AL PACINOWhen 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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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 personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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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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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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