Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.
AL PACINOFailure’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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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Either I act or I die.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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