I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
AL PACINOMy weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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