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.
AL PACINOLook, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Without coffee something’s missing
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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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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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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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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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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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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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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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