At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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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.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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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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