I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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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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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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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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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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