Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
AL PACINOMy movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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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.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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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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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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