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.
AL PACINOThere’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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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’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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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.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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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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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.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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