Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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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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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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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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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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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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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.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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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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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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