“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
AL PACINOEarly 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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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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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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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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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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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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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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