I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
AL PACINOYou could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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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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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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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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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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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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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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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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