The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
AL PACINOMy grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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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.
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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 always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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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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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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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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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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