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.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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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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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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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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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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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.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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