Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
AL PACINOI had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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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 believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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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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All I am is what I’m going after.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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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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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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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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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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