I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
AL PACINOWhat kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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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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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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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’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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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’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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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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