You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
AL PACINOCertainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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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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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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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 destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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