When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
AL PACINOYou sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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I’m an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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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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