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.
AL PACINOWhen you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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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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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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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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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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