So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
AL PACINOTheir minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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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 come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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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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