An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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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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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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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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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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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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