And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
AL PACINOEverything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch 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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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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