I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
AL PACINOI’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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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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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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