There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
AL PACINO[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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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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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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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 cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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