I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
AL PACINOYou try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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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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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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