“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
AL PACINO“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
AL PACINOThe play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
AL PACINOEither I act or I die.
AL PACINOTheir 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.
AL PACINOWhen you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
AL PACINOI just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
AL PACINORomantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
AL PACINOWhat’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
AL PACINOActing is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
AL PACINOI think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
AL PACINOI’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
AL PACINOA good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
AL PACINOIf you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
AL PACINOI would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
AL PACINOIt’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
AL PACINOYou 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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