I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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What 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.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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