I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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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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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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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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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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