So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
AL PACINOVanity is my favourite sin.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Either I act or I die.
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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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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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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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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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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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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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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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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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