I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
AL PACINOThere are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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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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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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