And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
AL PACINOIt would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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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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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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