I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
AL PACINOThere are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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