And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
AL PACINOI did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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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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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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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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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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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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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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