You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
AL PACINOI went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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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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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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