I 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.
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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Either I act or I die.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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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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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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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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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 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’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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