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Al Pacino
Al Pacino
American Actor
Born: Apr 25, 1940
Actor Because Been Life Me You
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I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience. Al Pacino
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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
Myself Me You Problem Before Sense Guess Way About Talking Years Get The Problem With Express
There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life. Al Pacino
Life Events My Life Has-Been Self-Doubt Unwelcome Been Lot
I don't ever give my opinion. Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life. Al Pacino
Life Personal Life About Give Opinion Opinions Personal Anything Ever
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. Al Pacino
Life Truth Good You Truth Is Word Whatever Bath Our Some Know Times Warm Need
My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother. Al Pacino
Education War Army World Mother College College Education Split He Know Well Became Insurance Got Maternal His Salesman Up Very After Grandfather Grandmother Really Dad Raised World War World War II
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. Al Pacino
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I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx. Al Pacino
Bronx South South Bronx Bodyguards Need
Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky. Al Pacino
Life You Money Easier Makes Your Lucky
I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools. Al Pacino
People Live Swimming Stars Pools Hollywood Who Star Actor
At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick. Al Pacino
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I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope. Al Pacino
Me Fame Hit Did Capacity Hard Prepared Cope
In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me. Al Pacino
Me You Half Everybody Bit Except Most Mostly Italian America Get Dose Little Little Bit Your Full Sicilian
I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type. Al Pacino
Type Kinds More Said Often Gregarious Actor Shy Two
It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics. Al Pacino
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I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding. Al Pacino
Recognition Hiding Running Running Away Never Like Liked Felt Questions Often Publicity Away
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. Al Pacino
Me Remember Gone Way Running Always Been Going Theater Fleeing Cope Coping Early Career
I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could - I could embody him. I could, you know, I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It's almost like a painter having a model to become. Al Pacino
Life Work Me You Become Real Life Frank Embody Having Could Instance He Almost Like Know Him Because Real Existed Text Model Person Get Script Help Painter Enjoyed Playing
Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions. And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie. Al Pacino
You Mind First Few Stage Back Later Francis Directions Days Like Read Sort Ford Narrator Go Tape Did Listen Movie Cut Then Your Show Radio Rough Film Coppola Early Plays
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it. Al Pacino
Day You Better Try Big Dramatic Later All Day Out Would About Scene Better Off Takes Lighter Come Am Lot Off Going Younger Serious Keep Found Actor Things
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. Al Pacino
Humanity Opportunity Will Believe Characters Tried Something Shakespeare More Take Writes Because Always Often Really Should Express Film
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
Would Would-Be Shakespeare Feel Doing Lot Role Roles Any Movie Script Interested Basically
Theater for me at one point was a lifestyle, too. Al Pacino
Me Too Point Lifestyle Theater

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