Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
AL PACINO[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
AL PACINOTo me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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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.
AL PACINOThe 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 would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
AL PACINOI like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
AL PACINOForget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
AL PACINOI wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
AL PACINOA lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
AL PACINOThe reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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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
AL PACINOIt 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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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
AL PACINOYou want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
AL PACINOWhen you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
AL PACINOThe hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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