Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
AL PACINOI personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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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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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 wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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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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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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