They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
AL PACINOA lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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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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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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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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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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