The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
AL PACINO[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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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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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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I 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.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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