When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
AL PACINOAny project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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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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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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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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