That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
AL PACINODid you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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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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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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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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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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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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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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