I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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[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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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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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 want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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