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.
AL PACINOActually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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