I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
AL PACINOThe stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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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 could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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