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.
AL PACINOAnd 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I 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.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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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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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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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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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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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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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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