Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
AL PACINOEither I act or I die.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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Without coffee something’s missing
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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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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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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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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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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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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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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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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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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