I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
AL PACINOThere are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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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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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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