Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
AL PACINOYou’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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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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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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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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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 sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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