I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
AL PACINOSometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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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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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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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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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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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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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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