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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.

Al Pacino

When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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Actor All Day Found Keep Later Lighter Serious Try Younger
Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
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Aspire Dollar Dream Dull Emperor Fantast God Gold Grease Green Human Plate
I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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Issue Macho never Problem Sensitive
I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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Easy Fame Negativity Overtaken Quite Respond Success Type
To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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Fact Love Man Matter Truly Woman
It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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Learn Much People Use Way Worry
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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Another Audition Change Mean Opportunity Out Stuff Try Younger
Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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Country History Know Look Take Terrorist
I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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Always Cope Flee Gone Run Career Theatre Wa
My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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All Being Feel Known Movie People Play Stuff Television Well
My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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Come Euthanasia Something Weakness Wish
The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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Actor Director Filmmaker Journey Person Play Story Struggle
Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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Bad Big Payday Script Show
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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Actual Attention Audience Costume Figure Long Look Play Robe
“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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Always Catch Do Sleep Try
So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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Audience Each Extraordinary Give Other Sense Thing Turf Wild

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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