The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
AL PACINOI’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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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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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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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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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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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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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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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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