Al Pacino Quotes
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.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.
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We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
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The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.
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I'm still interested in perfecting whatever talents I have and continuing to grow as an actor and continuing to be useful to the telling of the story.
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Of course I want to have a deliciously seductive story on the surface which will keep people engaged and amused, but primarily, I'm interested in other things. It's the texture of any given moment that fascinates me: what is really going on between people or in somebody's mind.
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Nobody knew me. They just knew that I was the guy from 'Mission: Impossible.'
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Being happy is a very personal thing-and it really has nothing to do with anyone else.
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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.
