I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
AL PACINOThere was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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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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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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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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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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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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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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