It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
AL PACINOOr try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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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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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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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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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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