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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.

Al Pacino

[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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Act Actor Another Every Giant Great Land Level People Planet Produce
It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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Cut Direction Door Evocative First Hear Open Stage Thing Visualize Walk
A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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Desire Dessert Dollop Kiss Lusty Passion Savor Serve
Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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Anything Opinion Personal Life
I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Bodyguard Bronx Need South
I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Admire Always Comedian Myself People Think
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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Actor Decide Great Philosophy Someday Use Want
I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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Ask Change Daughter Name Oldest Once School Thought
Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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Great Maybe Script Some Something Television
Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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Alive Come Director Great Pace Scene Stag Understand Way
I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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Artist Play Temperament Think
I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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Maid Out Paper Scrap Threw
Vanity is my favourite sin.
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Favourite Sin Vanity
At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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Audition Career Children Deal Humble Other Point Rejection Thing
It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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Feel Feeling Gold New Oscar Scent Surprise Win Woman
I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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Actor More Often Said Shy Two Type

You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.

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