There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
AL PACINORead it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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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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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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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 want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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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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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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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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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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