The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
AL PACINOI’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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Either I act or I die.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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