The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
AL PACINOShakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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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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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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