I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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I’m expressing something that I feel is a way to exercise my talent and help communicate a role as a human being in a movie, I will do that.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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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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“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’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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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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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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