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.
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 hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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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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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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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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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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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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