At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
AL PACINOI’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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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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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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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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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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