I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
AL PACINOThey cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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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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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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