My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
AL PACINOSo I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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Either I act or I die.
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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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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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After 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.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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