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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.

I Went Back To The Stage Because It Was My Way Of Dealing With The Success I Had, My Way Of Coping. It Was A Way Of Escaping The Responsibilty Of What Was Happening.

Many Years Ago, In The Late '70s, I Toured Colleges Along The East Coast And I Presented A Kind Of Show Where I Got A Lot Of Books And Poetry And Pieces Of [william] Shakespeare And Other Writers That I Admire, Read It To The Class And Then Afterward We Would Talk And I Would Answer Questions. It Was Really A Way Of Expressing And Finding Out About Where I Was At That Particular Time, So It Was Very Therapeutic For Me.

[julie Marie Pacino]is A Great Ballplayer, Which I Wanted To Be. She Did Make Four Films By The Time She Was 14 But We're Not Going To Talk About That.

Be Careful How You Judge People, Most Of All Friends. You Don't Sum Up A Man's Life In One Moment.