My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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 found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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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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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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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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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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