I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
AL PACINORead it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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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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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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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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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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