I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
AL PACINOAn actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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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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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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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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Either I act or I die.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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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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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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