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.
AL PACINOSometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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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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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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