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

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It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart. by Al Pacino

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

fool eye heart

sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel... by Al Pacino

sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn't know

devil angel sometimes

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. by Al Pacino

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

acting truth lying

Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't s... by Al Pacino

Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment.

judging men people

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.

talking way years

There is no happiness. There is only concentration. by Al Pacino

There is no happiness. There is only concentration.

concentration

Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't s... by Al Pacino

Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.

devils-advocate taste looks

I like women who can cook. That's first. Love is very important, but you've got to have a friend first - you want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you're with is also your friend.

first-love important love-is

All I am is what I'm going after. by Al Pacino

All I am is what I'm going after.

There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away. They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless. I've been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That's the stuff my dreams are made of.

real dream thinking

Vanity: my favorite sin. by Al Pacino

Vanity: my favorite sin.

vanity my-favorite sin

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book. by Al Pacino

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book.

ifs book

Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terror... by Al Pacino

Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is.

terrorist israel looks

If you get all tangled up, just tango on. by Al Pacino

If you get all tangled up, just tango on.

tango tangled ifs

They say we die twice - once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.

dying names death

I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you... by Al Pacino

I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you' ve got.

one-day-at-a-time today believe

My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That's my mantra.

want advice kids

If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the gl... by Al Pacino

If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.

keep-going ifs

Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.

vision careers acting

Without coffee something’s missing by Al Pacino

Without coffee something’s missing

coffee missing