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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More Al Pacino Quotes
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Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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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.
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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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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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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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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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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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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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