Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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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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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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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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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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