It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
AL PACINOIt’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
AL PACINOI want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
AL PACINOYou’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.
AL PACINOIf I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
AL PACINOIf you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
AL PACINOTo be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
AL PACINOI personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
AL PACINOYou take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
AL PACINOIt used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
AL PACINOYou never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
AL PACINOThe stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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 PACINOI’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
AL PACINOThey say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
AL PACINOI’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.
AL PACINOAn 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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