The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
AL PACINOThe reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
AL PACINOI am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
AL PACINOIf I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
AL PACINOSo I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
AL PACINOAny project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
AL PACINOThe fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
AL PACINOThere are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
AL PACINOI was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
AL PACINOThere was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
AL PACINOI found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
AL PACINOsometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
AL PACINOIt was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
AL PACINOA lot of acting is private time.
AL PACINOWhen I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
AL PACINOYou’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.
AL PACINOThe actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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