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 PACINOGrease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
More Al Pacino Quotes
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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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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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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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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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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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 learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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