It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
AL PACINOThere 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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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.
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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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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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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.
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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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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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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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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I do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it’s hard for me to discern. I don’t like what it’s doing to the world.
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