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.
AL PACINOMy children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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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.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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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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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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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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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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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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[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.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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