You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
AL PACINOI want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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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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If 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.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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You 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.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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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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