What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
AL PACINOYou need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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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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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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