It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
AL PACINOIt turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
More Al Pacino Quotes
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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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 just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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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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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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