Shakespeare Quotes by Al Pacino

9 Shakespeare quotes by Al Pacino

What draws an actor to the Bard? Here, Pacino’s nine snippets give a quick glimpse into his take on Shakespeare’s timeless drama, offering just enough to spark curiosity without overwhelming you.

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Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ...in school was a bit of a bore.

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What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?

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Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.'

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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested…

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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare - at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It's like playing a…

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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because…

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Many years ago, in the late '70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where…

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Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two…

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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the…

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