I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
AL PACINOOpinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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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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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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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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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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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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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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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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