There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
AL PACINOI didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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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 wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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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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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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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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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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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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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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