And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
AL PACINOIn America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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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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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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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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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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