Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
AL PACINOI was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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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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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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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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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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