The Actor Becomes An Emotional Athlete.

You Sharpen The Human Appetite To The Point Where It Can Split Atoms With Its Desire; You Build Egos The Size Of Cathedrals; Fiber-optically Connect The World To Every Eager Impulse; 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?

I Used To Say I Wanted To Genuflect To A Woman, Put Her Up On A Pedestal Higher And Higher, Way Up Beyond My Grasp...then I'd Find Another One.

I Wouldn't Be Interested In [nowadays] Television Simply Because I Think It Goes Too Fast. Except If Something Was Maybe A Play On Television Or Some Great Television Script.

I Haven't Encouraged [julia Marie Pacino] Or Discouraged Her. I Let Her Go Her Own Way. 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.

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.