I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
AL PACINOWhen I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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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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I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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