I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
AL PACINO- Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
AL PACINOI didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
AL PACINOWhen you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
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The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
AL PACINOThe story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
AL PACINOI’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
AL PACINOIt’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
AL PACINOShow me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
AL PACINOMy grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
AL PACINOI personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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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.
AL PACINOIt 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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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
AL PACINOThere is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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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 PACINOI 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.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
AL PACINOPretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
AL PACINOI don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
AL PACINOThe difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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