I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
AL PACINOYou’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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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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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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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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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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