The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
AL PACINOI do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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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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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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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 didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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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.
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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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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 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 probably write a poem every 50 years.
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