People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
AL PACINOI had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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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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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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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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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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