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.
AL PACINOI hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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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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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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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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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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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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