Al Pacino quotes

Al Pacino is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker, celebrated for his intense performances in film, television, and theater. His body of work includes iconic roles in classics like "The Godfather" trilogy, "Scarface," and "Scent of a Woman." He continues to influence and inspire generations with his remarkable talent and dedication to the craft. Here are 45 of his quotes:

The eyes, chico. They never lie.

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

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I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.

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My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.

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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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Vanity is my favourite sin.

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I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

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You need friends, especially in the theatre, you need friends. You need people to interchange with, interface with, connect with. Together you're going to make it, you're going to do it together, you're going to put it on, whatever it is.

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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

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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.

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Off-Off-Broadway is absolutely necessary. It doesn't have to be sanctioned by the state, subsidized or anything. The plank and the passion is what it's about.

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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

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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.

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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day. I don't care if it's a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath - whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.

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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.

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I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.

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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.

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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.

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It's not personal, it's strictly business.

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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.

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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.

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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.

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