Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
AL PACINOThat’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’m an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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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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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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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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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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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 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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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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