I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
AL PACINOBeing the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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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 joy of reading it, saying those words.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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