I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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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 went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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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…
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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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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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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