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.
AL PACINOAn actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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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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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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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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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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