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.
AL PACINOI like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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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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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I 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.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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