I’m an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
AL PACINOI understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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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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Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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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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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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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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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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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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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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