Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
AL PACINOI 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.
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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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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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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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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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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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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