I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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I’m an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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