I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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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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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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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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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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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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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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