So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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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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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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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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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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