I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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A lot of acting is private time.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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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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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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I’m an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
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