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 PACINOMy children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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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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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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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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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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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 found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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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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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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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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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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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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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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