We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
AL PACINOI am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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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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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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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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