The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
AL PACINOAnybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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