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.
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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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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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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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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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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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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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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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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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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