Al Pacino Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Mind Quotes

"To be or not to be is" [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend. I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it's probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.

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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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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

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If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.

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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping. It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.

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I wouldn't be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast. Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.

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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.

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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.

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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.

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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn't think I had it in me ever, and I wasn't terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties. That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.

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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.

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It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.

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I've had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people - you could almost call them marriages, even though I didn't marry. But it was costly.

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Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is.

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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, "No, I'm a Pacino. That's my name." I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she's adjusted so marvelously.

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You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book.

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Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?

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I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much.

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