I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
AL PACINOYou sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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 turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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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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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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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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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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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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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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