Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
AL PACINOThe stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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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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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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