I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
AL PACINOThe whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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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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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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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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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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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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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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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 don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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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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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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