I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
AL PACINOIf I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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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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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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