I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
AL PACINOI thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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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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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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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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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
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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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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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