I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
AL PACINOWhat’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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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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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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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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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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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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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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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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