The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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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 hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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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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