I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
AL PACINOI went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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