So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
AL PACINOI’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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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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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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