sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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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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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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