We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
AL PACINOI have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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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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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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I 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.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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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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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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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.
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