Al Pacino Quotes, Waiting Quotes, Sitting 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.

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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.

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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate

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All I am is what I'm going after.

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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities. I've never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.

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You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. 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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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don't know how long she'll run away from it, but it's there in her.

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Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous.

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We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world.

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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.

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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.

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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.

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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there?

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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 interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about. I'm sensing something and I'm going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted - Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.

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