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Al Pacino quotes: Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.' Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.'
Al Pacino quotes: 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. 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.
Al Pacino quotes: I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx. I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.
Al Pacino quotes: It's not personal, it's strictly business It's not personal, it's strictly business
Al Pacino quotes: You don't get to know anybody in a movie until after it's over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage. You don't get to know anybody in a movie until after it's over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
Al Pacino quotes: Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene. Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
Al Pacino quotes: If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that we die for. If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that we die for.
Al Pacino quotes: I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp ... Then I'd find another I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp ... Then I'd find another one.
Al Pacino quotes: Theater for me at one point was a lifestyle, too. Theater for me at one point was a lifestyle, too.
Al Pacino quotes: There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare's. There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare's.
Al Pacino quotes: Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
Al Pacino quotes: You'll never be alone if you've got a book. You'll never be alone if you've got a book.
Al Pacino quotes: I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies. I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
Al Pacino quotes: I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part. I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
Al Pacino quotes: I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you' ve got. I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you' ve got.
Al Pacino quotes: Our life is looking forward or looking back, that's it. Where is the moment? Our life is looking forward or looking back, that's it. Where is the moment?
Al Pacino quotes: Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I'm playing. Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I'm playing.
Al Pacino quotes: Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals. Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
Al Pacino quotes: My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
Al Pacino quotes: A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion. A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
Al Pacino quotes: 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. 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.
Al Pacino quotes: I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star. I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
Al Pacino quotes: It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do. It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
Al Pacino quotes: I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets. I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
Al Pacino quotes: I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go. I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
Al Pacino quotes: I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools. I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
Al Pacino quotes: Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember. Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
Al Pacino quotes: Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies. Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
Al Pacino quotes: Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry. Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
Al Pacino quotes: The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.
Al Pacino quotes: On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is can you win or lose like a man? On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is
can you win or lose like a man?
Al Pacino quotes: If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow. If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
Al Pacino quotes: Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy. Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy.
Al Pacino quotes: Love goes through different stages. But it endures. Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
Al Pacino quotes: We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world. We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world.
Al Pacino quotes: It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart. It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.
Al Pacino quotes: There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life. There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
Al Pacino quotes: You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted. You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.
Al Pacino quotes: The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall. The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.
Al Pacino quotes: The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie, The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie,
Al Pacino quotes: Vanity is my favourite sin. Vanity is my favourite sin.
Al Pacino quotes: I come from the South Bronx - a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life. I come from the South Bronx - a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
Al Pacino quotes: I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down. I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
Al Pacino quotes: Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ... in school was a bit of a bore. Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ... in school was a bit of a bore.
Al Pacino quotes: I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope. I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.
Al Pacino quotes: One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea Gull," when was 14 in the Bronx. One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea Gull," when was 14 in the Bronx.
Al Pacino quotes: Sometimes you're fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other. Sometimes you're fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
Al Pacino quotes: The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.
Al Pacino quotes: I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation. I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
Al Pacino quotes: I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much. I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much.
Al Pacino quotes: Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition. Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
Al Pacino quotes: 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. 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.
Al Pacino quotes: I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding. I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.
Al Pacino quotes: Without coffee something's missing Without coffee something's missing
Al Pacino quotes: 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. 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.
Al Pacino quotes: Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me. Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
Al Pacino quotes: There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, "Hey, I have to stop this silliness." There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, "Hey, I have to stop this silliness."
Al Pacino quotes: Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment. Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment.
Al Pacino quotes: I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type. I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.
Al Pacino quotes: The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you. The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
Al Pacino quotes: Attica! Attica! Attica! Attica! Attica! Attica!
Al Pacino quotes: That's the way to live - around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it. That's the way to live - around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
Al Pacino quotes: It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like. It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.
Al Pacino quotes: All I am is what I'm going after. All I am is what I'm going after.
Al Pacino quotes: I didn't go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the I didn't go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
Al Pacino quotes: Either I act or I die. Either I act or I die.
Al Pacino quotes: Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday. Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
Al Pacino quotes: My grandmother always came to my shows. She was always concerned about the way I dressed - even later on, when I was well known and I supported her. My grandmother always came to my shows. She was always concerned about the way I dressed - even later on, when I was well known and I supported her.
Al Pacino quotes: When you're reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call "taking up with a writer," something happens. When you're reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call "taking up with a writer," something happens.
Al Pacino quotes: Vanity: my favorite sin. Vanity: my favorite sin.
Al Pacino quotes: Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky. Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.
Al Pacino quotes: Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow. Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.
Al Pacino quotes: I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high. I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
Al Pacino quotes: If you get all tangled up, just tango on. If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
Al Pacino quotes: Sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn't know Sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn't know
Al Pacino quotes: A lot of acting is private time. A lot of acting is private time.
Al Pacino quotes: They say we die twice - once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name. They say we die twice - once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
Al Pacino quotes: You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is. You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
Al Pacino quotes: I don't talk politics and I don't talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person. I don't talk politics and I don't talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
Al Pacino quotes: Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous. Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous.
Al Pacino quotes: I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
Al Pacino quotes: There is no happiness. There is only concentration. There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
Al Pacino quotes: I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself. I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
Al Pacino quotes: What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare? What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
Al Pacino quotes: I'm always on a red carpet ... the other day I thought, this ain't bad. You can meet people on it. I'm always on a red carpet ... the other day I thought, this ain't bad. You can meet people on it.
Al Pacino quotes: I don't ever give my opinion. Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life. I don't ever give my opinion. Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
Al Pacino quotes: Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is. Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is.
Al Pacino quotes: [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. [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.
Al Pacino quotes: The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth. The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
Al Pacino quotes: It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
Al Pacino quotes: Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you. Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
Al Pacino quotes: Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing. Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
Al Pacino quotes: I used to wear disguises, like hats and false beards, just to walk around and avoid attention. I used to wear disguises, like hats and false beards, just to walk around and avoid attention.
Al Pacino quotes: The World Is Yours The World Is Yours
Al Pacino quotes: The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls. The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
Al Pacino quotes: Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer. Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
Al Pacino quotes: Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
Al Pacino quotes: Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it. Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
Al Pacino quotes: I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one. I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.

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