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 PACINOThe difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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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.
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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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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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