Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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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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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 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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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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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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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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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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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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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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