“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
AL PACINOWe’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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Either I act or I die.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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I’m expressing something that I feel is a way to exercise my talent and help communicate a role as a human being in a movie, I will do that.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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