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.
AL PACINOI wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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 want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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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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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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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.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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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.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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