Al Pacino Quotes
I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
Quotes to Explore
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
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A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.
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I love working with people and having them bring something to the table that I couldn't. I think one of my favourite artists to work with has been Kucka. She's Australian, too, and it's great working with her because we kind of have a very similar take on music, and we like a lot of the same stuff. We're not super-precious about ideas.
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I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
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The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms.
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I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.
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There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described. I photograph to see what something will look like photographed.
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An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.
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Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.
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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
