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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.

Al Pacino

[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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When 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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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.

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