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.
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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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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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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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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