It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
AL PACINOLee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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Any project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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