I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
AL PACINOThe 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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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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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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I 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.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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Any project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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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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[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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