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.
AL PACINO- The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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[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.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
AL PACINOOur ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
AL PACINOAnybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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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.
AL PACINORead 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.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
AL PACINOI don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
AL PACINOThe story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
AL PACINOI thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
AL PACINOI used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
AL PACINOYou’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
AL PACINOI hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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Without coffee something’s missing
AL PACINOWithout coffee something’s missing
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
AL PACINOI found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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