What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
AL PACINOI was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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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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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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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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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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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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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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