[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
AL PACINOI could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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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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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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