Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
AL PACINOI found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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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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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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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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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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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 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.
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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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