Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
AL PACINOBrian 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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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 always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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