An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
AL PACINOThey say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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[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.
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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