I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
AL PACINOJamie 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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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 is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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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 go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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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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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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