Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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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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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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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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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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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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