I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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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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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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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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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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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.
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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 learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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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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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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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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