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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.

Al Pacino

Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
AL PACINO

Actor Big Healthy Learn Repeat Thin Think Trade
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.
AL PACINO

Bath Buddle Call Head Look Meal Park Solve Stuff Walk
“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
AL PACINO

Always Catch Do Sleep Try
[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
AL PACINO

Autobiographical Guess House Kid Oscar Sense Stuff
I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
AL PACINO

Another Appeal Believe Holy Person Picture Revolution Smoke Thing Watch
Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
AL PACINO

Actor Author Feeling Joy Person Read Reason Stay
Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
AL PACINO

Cause Effect Grew Person Powerful Rebel Relate Thing
After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
AL PACINO

After Close Hell One Real Slomaybe Thing Think Use
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
AL PACINO

Actor All Day Found Keep Later Lighter Serious Try Younger
That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
AL PACINO

Always Body Felt Humour Kind Like Person Stuff
Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
AL PACINO

Corporation Each Fight Forget Other People Sometimes
The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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Ball Give Only Order Thing World
I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
AL PACINO

Maid Out Paper Scrap Threw
The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
AL PACINO

Actor Athlete Become Emotional
sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
AL PACINO

Angel Better Devil Know Sometimes
The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
AL PACINO

Act Demand Different Experience More Stage Through

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 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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