I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
AL PACINOI’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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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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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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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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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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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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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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