I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
AL PACINO[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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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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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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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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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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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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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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