I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
AL PACINOI 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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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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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 think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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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’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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