I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
AL PACINOWhat he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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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.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I’m expressing something that I feel is a way to exercise my talent and help communicate a role as a human being in a movie, I will do that.
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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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