That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
AL PACINOThe 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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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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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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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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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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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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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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