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.
AL PACINOI don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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Either I act or I die.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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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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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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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 learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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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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