There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
AL PACINOThere are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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I 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.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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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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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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