I 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.
AL PACINOYou’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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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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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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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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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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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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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