I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
AL PACINOI like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
AL PACINOBe careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
AL PACINOThere are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
AL PACINOI was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
AL PACINOA lot of acting is private time.
AL PACINOYou could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
AL PACINOYou never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
AL PACINOI 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.
AL PACINOVanity: my favorite sin.
AL PACINOYou don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
AL PACINOAnd 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.
AL PACINOYou’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
AL PACINODrinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
AL PACINOI’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
AL PACINOAfter looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
AL PACINOI 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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