Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
AL PACINOMy dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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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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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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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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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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