I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
AL PACINOI want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
AL PACINOI’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
AL PACINOAnd I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
AL PACINOI’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
AL PACINOIt’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
AL PACINOIf I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
AL PACINOShow me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
AL PACINO[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
AL PACINOMy first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
AL PACINOI did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
AL PACINOGrease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
AL PACINOWe’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
AL PACINOI like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
AL PACINOWithout coffee something’s missing
AL PACINOWhat 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.
AL PACINOI went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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