I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
AL PACINOThe problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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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 play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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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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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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