The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
AL PACINOJamie 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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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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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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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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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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