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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

Al Pacino

Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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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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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

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