I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
AL PACINODrinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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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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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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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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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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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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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.
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