The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
AL PACINOI was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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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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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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