It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
AL PACINOLove is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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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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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.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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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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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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