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 PACINOI’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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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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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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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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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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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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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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