I 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 PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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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 found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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