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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,

Al Pacino

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.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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I 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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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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