Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
AL PACINOI went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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