You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
AL PACINOI never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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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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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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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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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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