I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
AL PACINOI’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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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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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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