Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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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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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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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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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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