I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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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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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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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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