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.
AL PACINOI didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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