I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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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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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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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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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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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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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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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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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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