My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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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All I am is what I’m going after.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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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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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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