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.
AL PACINOYou 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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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 destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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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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Either I act or I die.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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