I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
AL PACINOI love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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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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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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Either I act or I die.
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