I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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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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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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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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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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