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Al Pacino: `I Was Nearly Fired From The Godfather`
Monsters and Critics ^ | Dec 7, 2010 | Grant Hodgson

Posted on 12/07/2010 12:06:11 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: dhs12345

I love this one,

“I kill a Communist for fun, but for a Green Card, I gonna carve him up real nice.”


141 posted on 12/07/2010 3:35:05 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: dfwgator
Oh ya! Thats an excellent line.

My wife will watch the Godfather with me but she leaves the room when I play Scarface. Scarface is too much for her. :)

142 posted on 12/07/2010 3:46:09 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Vaquero

How could I forget them? Those were the days.


143 posted on 12/07/2010 3:48:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: dhs12345

He was asked that in an interview and he said something about taking any work that comes to him. I think he has a real work ethic plus he knows how tough it can be for actoirs and actresses to stay employed.


144 posted on 12/07/2010 4:26:21 PM PST by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: dhs12345
Because the audience wouldn’t know and it would be explained. So, Sonny had to play dumb. :)

I grew up in the Bronx and knew what that meant since childhood. So Sonny not knowing really seemed odd to me.

Thanks for the response.

145 posted on 12/07/2010 5:13:22 PM PST by JohnG45
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To: Frantzie

“The whole poor Pennsylvania coal country added so much too.”

That part of the film was actually filmed in Cleveland, Ohio.


146 posted on 12/07/2010 5:57:03 PM PST by Wordkraft
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To: JohnG45

It’s what has to be done in movies sometimes to let the audience know what things mean.


147 posted on 12/07/2010 6:44:54 PM PST by Gigantor (2012...sometimes you have to flush twice.)
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To: DollyCali

I checked out his biography. Here’s one tidbit:

Pacino went to the High School of Performing Arts in NYC & flunked nearly all of his classes except English & dropped out of school at 17. He started smoking at age nine. He has 3 children and never married.


148 posted on 12/07/2010 8:01:49 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: trisham

i have added you. Welcome!


149 posted on 12/07/2010 10:10:29 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

One thing about actors/actress.. some go the route: Jodie Foster/Natalie Portman of schooling, prep, structured life

some go the route of fly by the seat of your pants

both can & do succeed.


150 posted on 12/07/2010 10:12:31 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: dhs12345

I love this scene Pacino did in “The Devil’s Advocate”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGR4SFOimlk


151 posted on 12/07/2010 10:28:41 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: dfwgator
I love this scene Pacino did in “The Devil’s Advocate”

That's a massively underrated film in my estimation. It may be Pacino at his best since he absolutely carries that film. I also like the subway scene from "Devil's Advocate". A regular Bernie Goetz without a gun!

152 posted on 12/07/2010 11:01:10 PM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas...)
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To: DollyCali

Thank you!


153 posted on 12/08/2010 6:28:24 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: dfwgator

Another excellent movie.


154 posted on 12/08/2010 7:10:40 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: nickcarraway

Yes, every movie he was in won an academy award for one category or another and he is the only actor to have that honor.


155 posted on 12/08/2010 10:44:42 PM PST by Amberdawn
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