A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
AL PACINOI don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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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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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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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 had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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