I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
AL PACINOVanity is my favourite sin.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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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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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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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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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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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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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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