I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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