Al Pacino Quotes, Hey Quotes, Way 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."

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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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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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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.

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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.

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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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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.

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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I'm going to do than the movies. I'm more comfortable in a play. In film, there's always a certain sense of control, of holding back. The stage is different ; there's more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.

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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie.

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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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Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting.

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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope. Early on in my career, I remember running - fleeing - to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.

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

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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty. 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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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.

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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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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.

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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.

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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.

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When I was doing 'Scarface,' I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time. I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.

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