I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
AL PACINOLook, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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