I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
AL PACINOI want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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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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