I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
AL PACINOLearning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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Any project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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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.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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