Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
AL PACINOTake a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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Either I act or I die.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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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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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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