I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
AL PACINOI was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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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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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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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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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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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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