Vanity is my favourite sin.
AL PACINOThe problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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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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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’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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