There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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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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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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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 found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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