I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
AL PACINOI guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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