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.
AL PACINOWhether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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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 love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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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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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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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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I’m an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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